taxonID	type	description	language	source
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: PNRL 2070 (part and counterpart, body with wings and some legs preserved), stored in the collection of the Musée de Géologie, Réserve naturelle nationale géologique du Luberon, Parc naturel régional du Luberon, Apt, France.	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the type locality Vachère.	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality and horizon. Oligocene / Rupelian (Campagne-Calavon limestone), biozone MP 23 (30.83 – 29.97 Ma), Pichovet near the village of Vachères, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Luberon, France.	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Wing characters. Wing with two dark spots separated by a hyaline part in apical part of cell between C and Sc, two dark spots separated by a large hyaline part in cell between R 1 and R 2 + 3, no dark spot in basal part of cell between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5, infuscate distal parts of cells between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 and between R 4 + 5 and M 1; no dark spot below apex of R 2 + 3 in cell between R 4 + 5 and M 1, R 4 + 5 simply curved posteriorly; crossvein m-m very short, only 40 % of basal part of M 2.	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
14735624FFB0FFA2FF3C7E28FC3EF890.taxon	description	Description. Body ca 7.2 mm long, pale brown, head 0.6 mm long, 0.9 mm wide, wider than thorax; raised large ocelli; dichoptic eyes (female?), ca 0.5 mm long, 0.2 mm wide, 0.3 mm apart, antenna 0.8 mm long with probably ca 28 antennomeres; thorax 2.7 mm long; abdomen rather broad (female?), 4.4 mm long, 1.9 mm wide; wing hyaline except darkened in area between R 1 and R 2 + 3, wing 2.8 × as long as wide, 7.2 mm long, 2.5 mm wide; distance between Sc and R 1 apices longer than distance between R 1 and R 2 + 3 apices; Sc ending before m-m level; R 1 almost straight, R 2 + 3 simply curved; crossvein m-m very short; d-cell approximately 5.3 × as long as wide; alula not visible; hind femur 2.2 mm long, tibia 2.7 mm long, tarsus 2.8 mm long.	en	Hebert, Florence, Boderau, Mathieu, Muller, Valerie Ngo, Coster, Pauline, Nel, Andre (2025): The first wood gnat (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligocene of Luberon (France). Zootaxa 5723 (4): 587-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.8
