†Sinoryctochlus insolitus Zhang 1991 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1991. New genera and new species of Chironomidae (Diptera, Insecta) from Late Jurassic of China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 30:556-569
Belongs to Sinoryctochlus according to J. F. Zhang 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L85417, 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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