Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov. 1998. Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 32(6):598-604
Belongs to Syntemna according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Blagoderov 1998 and Blagoderov 2000
Sister taxa: Syntemna compressa, Syntemna dama, Syntemna elongata, Syntemna falcata, Syntemna fissurata, Syntemna johannseni, Syntemna lundstromi, Syntemna mesozoica, Syntemna minuta, Syntemna oblita, Syntemna pinites, Syntemna prolongata, Syntemna sciophiliformis, Syntemna subcylindrica, Syntemna subquadrata, Syntemna tele, Syntemna zherikhini
Type specimen: PIN 3559/10059, an exoskeleton (impression of insect). Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (6 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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