Crenoptychoptera gronskayae 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 Crenoptychoptera according to E. Lukashevich et al. 1998

See also Kalugina 1989 and Lukashevich 1995

Sister taxa: Crenoptychoptera antica, Crenoptychoptera bavarica, Crenoptychoptera conspecta, Crenoptychoptera decorosa, Crenoptychoptera defossa, Crenoptychoptera dobbertinensis, Crenoptychoptera gaoi, Crenoptychoptera liturata

Type specimen: PIN 923/1, a wing. Its type locality is Kempendyay River (PIN collection 923), which is in a Berriasian/Barremian pond siltstone/sandstone in the Khaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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