Podonomius macromastix Lukashevich and Przhiboro 2011 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich and A. A. Przhiboro. 2011. New Chironomidae (Diptera) with elongate proboscises from the Late Jurassic of Mongolia. ZooKeys 130:307-322

Belongs to Podonomius according to E. D. Lukashevich and A. A. Przhiboro 2011

Sister taxa: Podonomius blepharis, Podonomius minimus, Podonomius robustus, Podonomius rotundatus, Podonomius simplex, Podonomius splendidus, Podonomius tugnuicus, Podonomius tumidus, Podonomius undulatus

Type specimen: PIN 4270/2314, an exoskeleton (well-preserved female). Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)

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