Bryocrypta catenulata Fedotova 2005 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova. 2005. Taxonomic names, in New gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from the Rovno amber: subfamily Porricondylinae (tribtes Bryocryptini and Winnertziini) and subfamily Lasiopterinae (tribes Brachineurini and Oligotrophini). Paleontological Journal 39:41-51

Belongs to Bryocrypta according to R. J. Gagné and M. Jaschhof 2014

See also Fedotova 2005

Sister taxa: Bryocrypta concinna, Bryocrypta elegantula, Bryocrypta fagioides, Bryocrypta vetusta

Type specimen: SIZC UA-1282, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Ukryantar factory material (SIZK UA collection)

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