†Astrocorethra mjangadica Kalugina 1986 (phantom midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1986. Flies. Muscida (=Diptera), in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:112-125
Belongs to Astrocorethra according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Kalugina 1986
Sister taxa: Astrocorethra gurvanica, Astrocorethra khukhmortica
Type specimen: PIN 3152/3142, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Myangad locality, Section 221/17, which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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