Zygoneura curta Hong 1981

Insecta - Diptera - Sciaridae

Alternative combinations: Apatemosciaritis curta, Lycoria curta

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166

Belongs to Zygoneura according to S. Shin et al. 2014

See also Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong 2002, Menzel and Mohrig 2000 and Oliveira and Amorim 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMB IV10129, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)

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