Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Synonym: Trichonomites aquaticus Kalugina 1986

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1986. Flies. Muscida (=Diptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:112-125

Belongs to Paleotrichocera according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Kalugina 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Paleotrichocera mongolica: PIN 3149/1513, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
• Trichonomites aquaticus: PIN 3149/1507, a nymph (larva). Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)

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