Elephantomyia brevipalpa

E. brevipalpa female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tipuloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Tipulomorpha Superfamilia: Tipuloidea

Familia: Limoniidae
Subfamilia: Limoniinae
Genus: Elephantomyia

Subgenus: E. (Elephantomyia)

Species: E. brevipalpa

Name

• Elephantomyia brevipalpa (Loew, 1851)

Synonyms

• Toxorhina brevipalpa Loew, 1851
• Limnobiorhynchus brevipalpa Osten-Sacken, 1860

Type locality

• Baltic amber, Middle Eocene, Baltic region, Europe

Type material

Holotype: Alate male, university of University of Göttingen, MB.J.337

References

Kania, I 2015. Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene): The Genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860. PLoS ONE, 10(2): 1-25. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117434.