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 marmarygma, Frirenia melica, Frirenia musicata, Frirenia rohdendorfi, Frirenia schevchenkoi, Frirenia vesana
Type specimen: GPIH 4506, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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