Kaluginamyia brevirostris Kalugina 1986

Insecta - Diptera - Kaluginamyiidae

Alternative combination: Simuliites brevirostris

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 Kaluginamyia according to E. D. Lukashevich et al. 2019

See also Kalugina 1986

Sister taxa: Kaluginamyia baissica, Kaluginamyia enigmatica

Type specimen: PIN 3149/1278, 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.

Distribution: found only at Gurvan-Ereny-Nuruu (Outcrop 236/29)

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