†Estoperpetua sakhalinica Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016 (gall midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae
Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. A new genus and species of gall midges of the supertribe Heteropezidi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) found in Eocene amber from Sakhalin. Paleontological Journal 50:1033-1037
Belongs to Estoperpetua according to Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3387/170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Sakhalin Amber (PIN collection 3387), which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber/coal in the Naibuchi Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Sakhalin Amber (PIN collection 3387)
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