Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1989. New Mesozoic psychodomorph dipteran insects from Siberia (Diptera: Eoptychopteridae, Ptychopteridae). Paleontological Journal 23:62-73
Belongs to Eoptychopterina according to E. D. Lukashevich 2004
See also Coram and Jarzembowski 1998 and Kalugina 1989
Sister taxa: Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina angularis, Eoptychopterina antica, 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
Type specimen: PIN 3015/146(177), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Unda (PIN collection 3015), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - small horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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