Oryctochlus mirificus Kalugina 1993 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1993. Khaoboridy i Komary-zvontsy iz Mezozoya vostochnogo Zabaykal'ya (Diptera: Chaoboridae, Chironomidae). Mezozoyskie Nasekomye i Ostrakody Azii 117-139

Belongs to Oryctochlus according to N. S. Kalugina 1993

Sister taxa: Oryctochlus affinis, Oryctochlus brundini, Oryctochlus contiguus, Oryctochlus kaluginae, Oryctochlus longilobus, Oryctochlus minor, Oryctochlus minutus, Oryctochlus placidus, Oryctochlus toarciensis, Oryctochlus vulcanus

Type specimen: PIN 3015/254(846), a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Unda (PIN collection 3015), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - small horizon in the Glushkovo Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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