†Megarhyphus sophiae Kovalev 1990 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: V. G. Kovalev. 1990. Diptera, Muscida, in Pozdne-Mezozoyskie Nasekomye Vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 239:123-177
Belongs to Megarhyphus according to J. Zhang 2007
See also Kovalev 1990
Sister taxa: Megarhyphus amberae, Megarhyphus rarus, Megarhyphus rectinervis
Type specimen: PIN 3063/882, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daya locality (PIN collection 3063), which is in a Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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