†Trichonta dawsoni Scudder 1877 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel (British Colombia). Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1875-1876 266-280
Belongs to Trichonta according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Johannsen 1909, Scudder 1877 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Trichonta brachycamptoides, Trichonta crassipes
Type specimen: GSC 6, an exoskeleton (wing with body fragments). Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Quesnel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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