Oryctochlus minor Kalugina 1985 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1985. Infraorders Psychodomorpha, Tipulomorpha and Culicomorpha. Dvukrylye nasekomye Yury Sibiri 33-113

Belongs to Oryctochlus according to N. S. Kalugina 1985

Sister taxa: Oryctochlus affinis, Oryctochlus brundini, Oryctochlus contiguus, Oryctochlus kaluginae, Oryctochlus longilobus, Oryctochlus minutus, Oryctochlus mirificus, Oryctochlus placidus, Oryctochlus toarciensis, Oryctochlus vulcanus

Type specimen: PIN3053/830, a nymph (larvae). Its type locality is Uda River (PIN collection 3053), which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Uda Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Uda River (PIN collection 3053)

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