Eucorethrina convexa Lukashevich 1996 (meniscus midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Dixidae

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 1996. Mesozoic Dixidae (Insecta: Diptera) and systematic position of Dixamima Rohdendorf, 1964 and Rhaetomyia Rohdendorf, 1962. Paleontological Journal 30:46-51

Belongs to Eucorethrina according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. K. Moulton 2016

See also Lukashevich 1996

Sister taxa: Eucorethrina flexa, Eucorethrina westwoodi

Type specimen: PIN 4270/2308, a wing. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)

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