Crenoptychoptera liturata Lukashevich 2011 (phantom crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 2011. New nematocerans (Insecta: Diptera) from the Late Jurassic of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 45(6):620-628

Belongs to Crenoptychoptera according to E. D. Lukashevich 2011

Sister taxa: Crenoptychoptera antica, Crenoptychoptera bavarica, Crenoptychoptera conspecta, Crenoptychoptera decorosa, Crenoptychoptera defossa, Crenoptychoptera dobbertinensis, Crenoptychoptera gaoi, Crenoptychoptera gronskayae

Type specimen: PIN 4270/235, a wing. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 423/6 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 423/6 (PIN collection 4270)

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