†Sinoboleta acropteris Hong 1981 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Alternative combinations: Boletina acropteris, Sinoboletina acropteris
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166
Belongs to Sinoboletina according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021
See also Hong 1981 and Hong 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GMB IV10027, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)
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