Palaeopetia volacris Mostovski 1995 (ironic fly)

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 D. A. Grimaldi 2018

See also Mostovski 1995

Sister taxa: Palaeopetia armata, Palaeopetia asaetigera, Palaeopetia bellula, Palaeopetia commemorabilis, Palaeopetia dorsalis, Palaeopetia gemina, Palaeopetia laiyangensis, Palaeopetia lata, Palaeopetia longisaetigera, Palaeopetia mina, Palaeopetia minor, Palaeopetia terminus, Palaeopetia tertia

Type specimen: PIN 3559/9171, 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)

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