Palaeodocosia cabruae Blagoderov and Martínez-Delclòs 2001 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov and X. Martínez-Delclòs. 2001. Two new fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Geobios 34(1):63-67

Belongs to Palaeodocosia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov and Martínez-Delclòs 2001

Sister taxa: Palaeodocosia brachycamptites, Palaeodocosia brachypezoides, Palaeodocosia johannseni, Palaeodocosia magadanica, Palaeodocosia rara

Type specimen: LC 2722 IEI, an exoskeleton (well preserved female). Its type locality is La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the la Pedrera de Rubies Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at La Cabrua outcrop, Sierra del Montsec (IEI collection)

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