†Parachrysopilus jurassicus Zhang 2013 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2013. Snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Daohugou Formation (Jurassic), Inner Mongolia, and the systematic position of related records in China. Palaeontology 56:217-228
Belongs to Parachrysopilus according to J. F. Zhang 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NIGP DHG201057, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
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