Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae
Alternative combinations: Tanychoreta (Tanychoreta) chifengica, Tanyochoreta chifengica
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2006. New winter crane flies (Insecta: Diptera: Trichoceridae) from the Jurassic Daohugou Formation (Inner Mongolia, China) and their associated biota. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:9-22
Belongs to Tanyochoreta (Tanyochoreta) according to F. Dong et al. 2014
See also Krzemińska et al. 2009 and Zhang 2006
Sister taxon: Tanyochoreta (Tanyochoreta) integera
Type specimen: NIGP DHG200397, an exoskeleton (Female complete body). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2003 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP 2003 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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