Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 2012. Pupae of Mesozoic Oryctochlus Kalugina, 1985 (Chironomidae: Podonominae), with description of two new species. Fauna Norvegica 31:159-165
Belongs to Oryctochlus according to E. D. Lukashevich 2012
Sister taxa: Oryctochlus affinis, Oryctochlus brundini, Oryctochlus contiguus, Oryctochlus longilobus, Oryctochlus minor, Oryctochlus minutus, Oryctochlus mirificus, Oryctochlus placidus, Oryctochlus toarciensis, Oryctochlus vulcanus
Type specimen: PIN 4270/2442, a nymph (pupa). Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)
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