Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1981. The oldest representatives of the Diptera with short antennae from the Jurassic in Siberia. Paleontological Journal 15(3):84-100
Belongs to Palaeobrachyceron according to A. Nagatomi and D. Yang 1998
See also Kovalev 1981
Sister taxa: Palaeobrachyceron handlirschi, Palaeobrachyceron hennigi, Palaeobrachyceron rohdendorfi, Palaeobrachyceron steyskali, Palaeobrachyceron willmanni
Type specimen: PIN 2245/284, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lyagush'ye, PIN collection 2245 (trench 82), Chernyy Etap 1, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Abasheva Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lyagush'ye, PIN collection 2245 (trench 82), Chernyy Etap 1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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