Insecta - Diptera - Mesosciophilidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2008. Three new species of Mesosciophilid gnats from the Middle-Late Jurassic of China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera: Mesosciophilidae). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 11(22):2567-2572
Belongs to Mesosciophila according to J. F. Zhang 2008
Sister taxa: Mesosciophila antiqua, Mesosciophila eucalla, Mesosciophila sigmoidea, Mesosciophila venosa
Type specimen: NIGPCAS DHG200715, an exoskeleton (nearly complete female). 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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