Apolephthisa mesozoica Blagoderov 1998 (fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae

Full reference: V. A. Blagoderov. 1998. Fungus Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 32(6):598-604

Belongs to Apolephthisa according to S. S. Oliveira and D. D. S. Amorim 2021

See also Blagoderov 1998

Sister taxa: Apolephthisa bulunensis, Apolephthisa sakhalina

Type specimen: PIN 3559/4035, a wing. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 45/19)

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