Insecta - Diptera - Kovalevisargidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2011. Three distinct but rare kovalevisargid flies from the Jurassic Daohugou biota, China (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Kovalevisargidae). Palaeontology 54(1):163-170
Belongs to Kovalevisargus according to D. A. Grimaldi and P. Barden 2016
See also Zhang 2011 and Zhang 2014
Sister taxa: Kovalevisargus brachypterus, Kovalevisargus clarigenus, Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis
Type specimen: NIGP DHG200761, an exoskeleton (Male complete body). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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