†Shinlustia irae 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 Shinlustia according to N. S. Kalugina 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3058/253, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huh-Mort outrcop (254/2), which is in an Aptian lacustrine mudstone in the Gurvan-Eren Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Huh-Mort outrcop (254/2)
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