Palaeobolbomyia sinica Zhang 2010 (snipe fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2010. New species of Palaeobolbomyia Kovalev and Ussatchovia Kovalev (Diptera, Brachycera, Rhagionidae) from the Callovian-Oxfordian (Jurassic) Daohugou biota of China: Biostratigraphic and paleoecologic implications. Geobios 43:663-669

Belongs to Palaeobolbomyia according to J. F. Zhang 2010

Sister taxa: Palaeobolbomyia angustalata, Palaeobolbomyia devia, Palaeobolbomyia kazakhstanica, Palaeobolbomyia mongolica, Palaeobolbomyia sibirica, Palaeobolbomyia yakutensis

Type specimen: NIGP DHG200981, an exoskeleton (Complete body). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2009 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP 2009 collection)

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