Chironomaptera bucucunica Kalugina 1985 (phantom midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1985. Infraorders Psychodomorpha, Tipulomorpha and Culicomorpha. Dvukrylye nasekomye Yury Sibiri 33-113

Belongs to Chironomaptera according to A. Borkent 2014

See also Kalugina 1985

Sister taxa: Chironomaptera collessi, Chironomaptera gobiensis, Chironomaptera gregaria, Chironomaptera karabonica, Chironomaptera scobloi, Chironomaptera vesca

Type specimen: PIN 2089/15, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bukukun (PIN collection 2089), which is in a Jurassic terrestrial siliciclastic in the Bukukun Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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