Hirmoneura richterae Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 (tangle-veined fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Nemestrinidae

Alternative combination: Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) richterae

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2000. New Nemestrinoidea (Diptera: Brachycera) from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous of Eurasia, taxonomy, and palaeobiology. Entomological Problems 31(2):137-148

Belongs to Hirmoneura according to D. A. Grimaldi 2016

See also Mostovski and Martínez-Delclòs 2000

Sister taxa: Hirmoneura (Eohirmoneura), Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura), Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurites), Hirmoneura burmanica, Hirmoneura caudiprima, Hirmoneura messelense, Hirmoneura mostovskii, Hirmoneura zigrasi

Type specimen: MNHN B48822 NB, an exoskeleton (female missing head). Its type locality is La Pedrera de Rubies (MNHN coll), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone in the La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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