Frirenia melica Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2009. New gall midges of the Tribe Leptosynini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Late Eocene ambers and the classification of the Supertribe Heteropezidi. Paleontological Journal 43:1101-1179

Belongs to Frirenia according to R. J. Gagné and M. Jaschhof 2014

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009

Sister taxa: Frirenia eocenica, Frirenia leporidis, Frirenia lukashevichae, Frirenia manca, Frirenia marmarygma, Frirenia musicata, Frirenia rohdendorfi, Frirenia schevchenkoi, Frirenia vesana

Type specimen: SIZK UA-853, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection)

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