Zherikhinina bontsagana Krzemińska et al. 2009 (winter crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Full reference: E. Krzemińska, W. Krzemiński, and C. Dahl. 2009. Monograph of Fossil Trichoceridae (Diptera): Over 180 Million Years of Evolution 1-171

Belongs to Zherikhinina according to E. Krzemińska et al. 2009

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

Type specimen: PIN 3559/9131, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)

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