Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

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 Syntemna according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004

Sister taxa: Syntemna compressa, Syntemna dama, Syntemna elongata, Syntemna falcata, Syntemna johannseni, Syntemna lundstromi, Syntemna mesozoica, Syntemna minuta, Syntemna oblita, Syntemna pinites, Syntemna prolongata, Syntemna sciophiliformis, Syntemna subcylindrica, Syntemna subquadrata, Syntemna tele, Syntemna zherikhini, Syntemna zhuzhan

Type specimen: TMP P83.15.3.8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP coll), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP coll)

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