Protanyderus astictum Dong et al. 2015 (moth fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: F. Dong, C. K. Shih, K. Skibińska, W. Krzemiński, and D. Ren. 2015. New species of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from the Jiulongshan Formation of China. Alcheringa 39:494-507

Belongs to Protanyderus according to K. Skibińska 2016

See also Dong et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Protanyderus invalidus, Protanyderus madrizi, Protanyderus mesozoicus, Protanyderus nebulosus, Protanyderus savtchenkoi, Protanyderus senilis, Protanyderus vetus, Protanyderus vulcanium

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2014522, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection)

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