Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: D. Azar, C. Adaymeh, and N. Jreich. 2007. Paleopsychoda zherikhini, a new Cretaceous species of moth flies from Taimyr amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae). African Invertebrates 48(1):163-168

Belongs to Paleopsychoda according to F. Stebner et al. 2015

See also Azar et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Paleopsychoda inexpectata, Paleopsychoda jacquelinae, Paleopsychoda jarzembowskii, Paleopsychoda palistinicus, Paleopsychoda solignac, Paleopsychoda solignaci

Type specimen: PIN 3308/13, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Zhadnikha (PIN collection 3308), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian fluvial amber in the Begichev Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Zhadnikha (PIN collection 3308)

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