Archichrysotus minor Negrobov 1978 (long-legged fly)

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 hennigi, Archichrysotus incompletus, Archichrysotus manitobus

Type specimen: PIN 3311/502, an exoskeleton (complete insect). Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)

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