†Erioptera (Mesocyphona) sherry Podenas and Poinar 2012 (crane fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar. 2012. New short-palped crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Mexican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114:347-371
Belongs to Erioptera (Mesocyphona) according to S. Podenas and G. O. Poinar 2012
Sister taxa: Erioptera (Mesocyphona) beata, Erioptera (Mesocyphona) divera
Type specimen: Poinar MI-23-54, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Poinar coll)
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