Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2006. Jurassic limoniid dipterans from China (Diptera: Limoniidae). Oriental Insects 40:115-126
Belongs to Architipula according to J. F. Zhang 2006
Sister taxa: Architipula (Architipula), Architipula acuta, Architipula aequabilis, Architipula analiramosa, Architipula anglicana, Architipula arculifera, Architipula areolata, Architipula basiminuta, Architipula bodei, Architipula bodeisimilis, Architipula brunsvicensis, Architipula chinensis, Architipula clara, Architipula conformis, Architipula conspicua, Architipula crassa, Architipula debilis, Architipula dubia, Architipula elegans, Architipula formosa, Architipula fragmentosa, Architipula insolita, Architipula intermedia, Architipula latealata, Architipula latipennis, Architipula maior, Architipula nana, Architipula obliqua, Architipula orientalis, Architipula protipuloides, Architipula ptychopteraeformis, Architipula pulla, Architipula pusilla, Architipula robusta, Architipula seebachi, Architipula simplex, Architipula stigmatica, Architipula symmetrica, Architipula veris, Architipula youngi
Type specimen: NIGP 200400, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP 2004 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP 2004 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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