Brianina longitibialis Zhang and Lukashevich 2007 (net-winged midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Blephariceridae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang and E. D. Lukashevich. 2007. The oldest known net-winged midges (Insecta: Diptera: Blephariceridae) from the late Mesozoic of northeast China. Cretaceous Research 28:302-309

Belongs to Brianina according to J. F. Zhang and E. D. Lukashevich 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DHG200406, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2004 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP 2004 collection)

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