†Plesiognoriste zherikhini Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004 (long beaked fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae
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 Plesiognoriste according to V. A. Blagoderov and D. Grimaldi 2004
Sister taxon: Plesiognoriste carpenteri
Type specimen: PIN 3311/664, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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