Thereotricha agapa Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera

Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433:1-76

Belongs to Thereotricha according to V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxon: Thereotricha sibirica

Type specimen: PIN 3426/256, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426), which is in a Cenomanian fluvial amber in the Dolgan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426)

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