†Pseudopetia grandis Zhang 1987 (snipe fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1987. Four new genera of Platypezidae. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 26:595-603
Belongs to Pseudopetia according to J. F. Zhang 1987
Sister taxon: Pseudopetia exilis
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L84134, 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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