Apolephthisa sakhalina Blagoderov 2007 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov. 2007. New species of Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Palaeocene Sakhalin Amber, Russia. Alavesia 1:27-36

Belongs to Apolephthisa according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov 2007

Sister taxa: Apolephthisa bulunensis, Apolephthisa mesozoica

Type specimen: PIN 3387/42, 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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