Eoptychopterina postica Liu et al. 2012 (phantom crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Full reference: L. X. Liu, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2012. Two new species of Ptychopteridae and Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera). Zootaxa 3501:55-62

Belongs to Eoptychopterina according to L. X. Liu et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina angularis, Eoptychopterina antica, Eoptychopterina baisica, Eoptychopterina camura, Eoptychopterina daiensis, Eoptychopterina demissa, Eoptychopterina dimidiata, Eoptychopterina elenae, Eoptychopterina glabra, Eoptychopterina kaluginae, Eoptychopterina karatavica, Eoptychopterina mediata, Eoptychopterina omissa, Eoptychopterina petri, Eoptychopterina rohdendorphi, Eoptychopterina transbaicalica, Eoptychopterina undensis

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2011001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Jiulongshan Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2011 collection)

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