Rovnodidactylomyia zosimovichi Fedotova and Perkovsky 2011 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2011. Gall midges of the Supertribe Stomatosematidi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in the Palaearctic region, with descriptions of new taxa from the Late Eocene Rovno amber: 2. The genera Didactylomyia and Rovnodidactylomyia gen. n. Entomological Review 92:565-575

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

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2011

Sister taxa: Rovnodidactylomyia capitosa, Rovnodidactylomyia girafa, Rovnodidactylomyia iconica, Rovnodidactylomyia sidorenkoi, Rovnodidactylomyia zhitomirensis

Type specimen: SIZK UA-327, 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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