Palaeobolbomyia mongolica Mostovski 2000 (snipe fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Full reference: M. B. Mostovski. 2000. Contributions to the study of fossil snipe-flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae). The genus Palaeobolbomyia. Paleontological Journal 34(Suppl 3):S360-S366

Belongs to Palaeobolbomyia according to M. B. Mostovski 2000

Sister taxa: Palaeobolbomyia angustalata, Palaeobolbomyia devia, Palaeobolbomyia kazakhstanica, Palaeobolbomyia sibirica, Palaeobolbomyia sinica, Palaeobolbomyia yakutensis

Type specimen: PIN 3791/2858, an exoskeleton (moderately well-preserved fly). Its type locality is Bakhar, outcrop 208/4 (PIN collection 3791), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine claystone in the Bakhar Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bakhar, outcrop 208/4 (PIN collection 3791)

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