Sylvicola hooleyi Cockerell 1921 (wood gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae

Alternative combinations: Anisopus hooleyi, Rhyphus hooleyi

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum - VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 7:453-480

Belongs to Sylvicola according to W. Krzemiński 2019

See also Cockerell 1921, Edwards 1928, Evenhuis 1994 and Wojtoń et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Sylvicola baltica, Sylvicola cadaver, Sylvicola carolae, Sylvicola fenestralis, Sylvicola harrisi, Sylvicola hoffeinsorum, Sylvicola maculata, Sylvicola prisca, Sylvicola problematica, Sylvicola silibrarius, Sylvicola splendida, Sylvicola thiriona, Lycoria chrysitis, Lycoria (Neosciara)

Type specimen: Hooley H.456, a wing

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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