ammonites
Rhamphomyia latipennata Statz 1940 (dagger fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Empididae

Full reference: G. Statz. 1940. Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 91:120-174

Belongs to Rhamphomyia according to G. Statz 1940

Sister taxa: Rhamphomyia ablata, Rhamphomyia aeterna, Rhamphomyia angusta, Rhamphomyia corrupta, Rhamphomyia craterae, Rhamphomyia crinitarsis, Rhamphomyia enena, Rhamphomyia errabunda, Rhamphomyia fossa, Rhamphomyia fulvescens, Rhamphomyia hypolitha, Rhamphomyia inanimata, Rhamphomyia infernalis, Rhamphomyia insolita, Rhamphomyia interita, Rhamphomyia involuta, Rhamphomyia media, Rhamphomyia morticina, Rhamphomyia obtusa, Rhamphomyia oedaloides, Rhamphomyia porrecta, Rhamphomyia rottensis, Rhamphomyia senecta, Rhamphomyia sepulta, Rhamphomyia spodites, Rhamphomyia tumulata, Rhamphomyia ungulina

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz coll), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 3.90, wing 3.60 x 1.40