Insecta - Diptera - Dolichopodidae
Full reference: O. P. Negrobov. 1978. Flies of the Superfamily Empidioidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous Retinite in Northern Siberia. Paleontological Journal 12(2):221-228
Belongs to Archichrysotus according to O. P. Negrobov 1978
Sister taxa: Archichrysotus incompletus, Archichrysotus manitobus, Archichrysotus minor
Type specimen: PIN 3130/166, an exoskeleton (complete insect). Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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