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 Nedocosia according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Blagoderov and Grimaldi 2004
Sister taxa: Nedocosia canadensis, Nedocosia exsanguis, Nedocosia naiba, Nedocosia sibirica
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-117k, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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