Eoptychopterina baisica Kalugina 1989 (phantom crane fly)

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 Kalugina 1989

Sister taxa: Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina angularis, Eoptychopterina antica, 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: PIN 1989/3175, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1989), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baissa (PIN collection 1989)

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