†Laiyangitabanus formosus Zhang 2012 (horse fly)
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Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2012. New horseflies and water snipe-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae and Athericidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 36:1-5
Belongs to Laiyangitabanus according to J. F. Zhang 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP L91806, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)
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