Leptosyna shcherbakovi 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 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 sukachevae, Leptosyna vaticina, Leptosyna vegeta

Type specimen: SIZK UA-2228, 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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