Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: J. Y. Hao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. New fossils of Eoptychopteridae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 83:222-228
Belongs to Eoptychopterina according to J. Y. Hao et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina angularis, Eoptychopterina baisica, Eoptychopterina camura, Eoptychopterina daiensis, Eoptychopterina demissa, Eoptychopterina dimidiata, Eoptychopterina elenae, Eoptychopterina glabra, Eoptychopterina kaluginae, Eoptychopterina karatavica, Eoptychopterina mediata, Eoptychopterina omissa, Eoptychopterina petri, Eoptychopterina postica, Eoptychopterina rohdendorphi, Eoptychopterina transbaicalica, Eoptychopterina undensis
Type specimen: CNU-Dip-D-NN2008081, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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