Eoptychopterina glabra Lukashevich 1993 (phantom crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae

Alternative combination: Eoptychopterina glaber

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 1993. New Eoptychopteridae (Diptera: Psychodomorpha) from the Jurassic of Asia. Paleontological Journal 27(1A):103-122

Belongs to Eoptychopterina according to E. D. Lukashevich 2004

See also Coram and Jarzembowski 1998 and Lukashevich 1993

Sister taxa: Eoptychopterina adnexa, Eoptychopterina angularis, Eoptychopterina antica, Eoptychopterina baisica, Eoptychopterina camura, Eoptychopterina daiensis, Eoptychopterina demissa, Eoptychopterina dimidiata, Eoptychopterina elenae, Eoptychopterina kaluginae, Eoptychopterina karatavica, Eoptychopterina mediata, Eoptychopterina omissa, Eoptychopterina petri, Eoptychopterina postica, Eoptychopterina rohdendorphi, Eoptychopterina transbaicalica, Eoptychopterina undensis

Type specimen: PIN 1255/1501, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kubekovo village (PIN collection 1255), which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Itat Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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