Insecta - Diptera - Ironomyiidae
Full reference: M. B. Mostovski. 1995. New taxa of Ironomyiidae (Diptera, Phoromorpha) from the Cretaceous of Siberia and Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 30:318-331
Belongs to Palaeopetia according to M. B. Mostovski 1995
Sister taxa: Palaeopetia armata, Palaeopetia asaetigera, Palaeopetia bellula, Palaeopetia commemorabilis, Palaeopetia dorsalis, Palaeopetia laiyangensis, Palaeopetia lata, Palaeopetia longisaetigera, Palaeopetia mina, Palaeopetia minor, Palaeopetia terminus, Palaeopetia tertia, Palaeopetia volacris
Type specimen: PIN 3559/10037, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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