Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: M. B. Mostovski, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. A. Coram and J. Ansorge. 2000. Curious snipe-flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Purbeck of Dorset, The Wealden of the Weald and the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and Transbaikalia. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 111:153-160
Belongs to Ptiolinites according to M. B. Mostovski et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Ptiolinites almuthae, Ptiolinites cretaceus, Ptiolinites heidiae, Ptiolinites raypearcei
Type specimen: PIN 4210/5216, an exoskeleton (incomplete female). Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 31), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 4210, layer 31)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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