Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2007. New mesosciophilid gnats (Insecta: Diptera: Mesosciophilidae) in the Daohugou biota of Inner Mongolia, China. Cretaceous Research 28:297-301
Belongs to Paramesosciophilodes according to J. F. Zhang 2007
Sister taxa: Paramesosciophilodes aequus, Paramesosciophilodes bellus, Paramesosciophilodes eximia, Paramesosciophilodes rarissima
Type specimen: DHG200394, an exoskeleton (nearly complete female fly, dorsoventral aspect). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2003 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP 2003 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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