†Hermaeomyia opinata Mostovski 1995 (ironic fly)
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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 Hermaeomyia according to M. B. Mostovski 1995
Sister taxa: Hermaeomyia baisica, Hermaeomyia bisaetigera, Hermaeomyia dubia, Hermaeomyia parva, Hermaeomyia saeticaudata, Hermaeomyia unisaetigera
Type specimen: PIN 3559/9336, 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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