Scelorhagio mecomastigus Zhang et al. 1993 (snipe fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang, S. Zhang, and L. Y. Li. 1993. Mesozoic gadflies (Insecta: Diptera). Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32:662-672

Belongs to Scelorhagio according to A. Nagatomi and D. Yang 1998

See also Zhang et al. 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L88812, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)

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