Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

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 Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) according to L. X. Liu et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) amabilis, Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) conica, Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) ephemera, Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) longensis, Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) rara

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2008130, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection)

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