Proptychopterina opinata Lin and Lukashevich 2006 (phantom crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Full reference: Q. B. Lin and E. D. Lukashevich. 2006. Proptychopterina (Diptera: Eoptychopteridae) from the Jurassic of northeastern China. Paleontological Journal 40(3):290-294

Belongs to Proptychopterina according to Q. B. Lin and E. D. Lukashevich 2006

Sister taxa: Proptychopterina amota, Proptychopterina evecta, Proptychopterina gracilis, Proptychopterina handlirschi, Proptychopterina immensa, Proptychopterina makarova, Proptychopterina mongolica, Proptychopterina oleynikovi, Proptychopterina sharategica, Proptychopterina tenera, Proptychopterina yeniseica

Type specimen: NIGPAS 133708, an exoskeleton (complete male fly). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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