Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae

Full reference: W. Jordan-Stasiło, I. Kania-Kłosok, and W. Krzemiński. 2025. First fossil representatives of the limoniid dipteran Rhabdomastix with extremely elongate antennae from Eocene ambers. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70:57-75

Belongs to Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) according to W. Jordan-Stasiło et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) elegantula, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) grussica, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) klebsi, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) lutix, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) mastix, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) rafali, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) setix, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) setosa, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) borussica, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) elegantula, Rhabdomastix (Palaeogonomyia) pulcherrima

Type specimen: GMUG Kutscher 80, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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