Insecta - Diptera - Bibionidae
Full reference: A. Nel, S. Legal, and P. Coster. 2022. A new species of the March fly genus Dilophus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Bibionidae) from the Oligocene of Provence (France). Palaeoentomology 5:347-353
Belongs to Dilophus according to A. Nel et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Dilophus andrewrossi, Dilophus campbelli, Dilophus crassicornis, Dilophus idanos, Dilophus krantzii, Dilophus luteipennis, Dilophus matilei, Dilophus palaeofebrilis, Dilophus pinguis, Dilophus priscus, Dilophus pumilio, Dilophus succineus
Type specimen: PNRL 2243, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Céreste (PNR Luberon collection), which is in a MP 23 lacustrine carbonate in the Campagne-Calavon Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Céreste (PNR Luberon collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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