Protorhyphus liaoningicus Zhang 2007 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Protorhyphidae

Full reference: J. Zhang. 2007. Some anisopodoids (Insecta: Diptera: Anisopodoidea) from late Mesozoic deposits of northeast China. Cretaceous Research 28:281-288

Belongs to Protorhyphus according to J. Zhang 2007

Sister taxa: Protorhyphus arcuatus, Protorhyphus jurassicus, Protorhyphus lukashevichae, Protorhyphus major, Protorhyphus neimonggolensis, Protorhyphus ovisimilis, Protorhyphus rohdendorfi, Protorhyphus sibiricus, Protorhyphus simplex, Protorhyphus stigmaticus, Protorhyphus turanicus

Type specimen: DHG200388, an exoskeleton (Male complete specimen). Its type locality is Yushudonggou locality, Haifeng Township, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large horizon in the Haifanggou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Yushudonggou locality, Haifeng Township

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