Protanyderus vetus Kalugina 1992 (moth fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae

Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1992. Psychodomorpha dipterans from the Jurassic of the Mongolian Altai (Diptera: Tanyderidae, Eoptychopteridae). Paleontological Journal 26(3):142-146

Belongs to Protanyderus according to K. SkibiƄska 2016

See also Dong et al. 2015 and Kalugina 1992

Sister taxa: Protanyderus astictum, Protanyderus invalidus, Protanyderus madrizi, Protanyderus mesozoicus, Protanyderus nebulosus, Protanyderus savtchenkoi, Protanyderus senilis, Protanyderus vulcanium

Type specimen: PIN 4270/181, a wing. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270)

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