†Gurvanomyia moderata Kalugina 1986 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
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 Gurvanomyia according to N. S. Kalugina 1986
Sister taxa: Gurvanomyia magna, Gurvanomyia rohdendorfi
Type specimen: PIN 3149/1105, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale/sandstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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