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 Leptosyna according to R. J. Gagné and M. Jaschhof 2014

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2009

Sister taxa: Leptosyna assa, Leptosyna fastosa, Leptosyna larga, Leptosyna margarita, Leptosyna munifera, Leptosyna samlandica, Leptosyna shcherbakovi, Leptosyna sukachevae, Leptosyna vegeta

Type specimen: SIZK K-2446, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.