†Kerosargus argus Mostovski 1997 (fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Kovalevisargidae
Full reference: M. B. Mostovski. 1997. On knowledge of fossil flies of the superfamily Archisargoidea (Diptera, Brachycera). Paleontological Journal 31(1):72-78
Belongs to Kerosargus according to D. A. Grimaldi and P. Barden 2016
See also Mostovski 1997 and Nagatomi and Yang 1998
Sister taxon: Kerosargus sororius
Type specimen: PIN 2997/3491, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2997)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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