†Synapha zherikhini Blagoderov 2007 (fungus gnat)
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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 Synapha according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Blagoderov 2007
Sister taxa: Synapha longistyla, Synapha rubiesensis, Synapha subtriangularis
Type specimen: PIN 3387/121, 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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