Insecta - Diptera - Psychodidae
Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich and W. Krzemiński. 2009. New Jurassic Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Asia with first find of larvae. Zoosymposia 3:155-172
Belongs to Protanyderus according to K. Skibińska 2016
See also Dong et al. 2015 and Lukashevich and Krzemiński 2009
Sister taxa: Protanyderus astictum, Protanyderus invalidus, Protanyderus madrizi, Protanyderus mesozoicus, Protanyderus savtchenkoi, Protanyderus senilis, Protanyderus vetus, Protanyderus vulcanium
Type specimen: PIN 4270/2141, 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 (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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