Syndixa mollis 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 Syndixa according to D. E. Greenwalt and J. K. Moulton 2016

See also Lukashevich 1996

Sister taxa: Syndixa liasina, Syndixa sibirica

Type specimen: PIN 1255/1548, a wing. Its type locality is Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255)

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