Zherikhinina alastos Krzemińska and Lukashevich 2009 (winter crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Full reference: E. Krzemińska and E. Lukashevich. 2009. The Late Jurassic fossil from Asian ancestory to a recent genus, Nothotrichocera Alexander 1926 (Diptera: Trichoceridae). Zoosymposia 3:103-110

Belongs to Zherikhinina according to E. Krzemińska and E. Lukashevich 2009

Sister taxa: Zherikhinina baissana, Zherikhinina bontsagana, Zherikhinina itatica, Zherikhinina karatavica, Zherikhinina novospasskaya, Zherikhinina reni, Zherikhinina tola, Zherikhinina zherikhini

Type specimen: PIN 4270/2161, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Mongolia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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