Chironomaptera scobloi Kalugina 1985 (phantom midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1985. Infraorders Psychodomorpha, Tipulomorpha and Culicomorpha. Dvukrylye nasekomye Yury Sibiri 33-113

Belongs to Chironomaptera according to A. Borkent 2014

See also Kalugina 1985

Sister taxa: Chironomaptera bucucunica, Chironomaptera collessi, Chironomaptera gobiensis, Chironomaptera gregaria, Chironomaptera karabonica, Chironomaptera vesca

Type specimen: PIN 3084/25, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mogzon (PIN collection 3084), which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine mudstone in the Badin Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mogzon (PIN collection 3084)

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