†Sycorax ukrainensis Azar et al. 2013 (moth fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: D. Azar, A. Nel, and E. Perkovsky. 2013. A new Sycorax species from Eocene Ukrainian Rovno amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Sycoracinae). Insect Evolution in an Ambiferous and Stone Alphabet 27-46
Belongs to Sycorax according to A. Pielowska et al. 2018
See also Azar et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Sycorax longistyla, Sycorax neli, Sycorax peruensis, Sycorax prompta, Sycorax silacea, Sycorax tumultuosa
Type specimen: SIZK K-26806, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZK K collection)
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