Krassiloviola Fedotova and Perkovsky 2017 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2017. New tribe, genus, and species of paedogenetic gall midges (Diptera, Lestremiidae: Krassiloviolini trib. nov.) from the Late Cretaceous Taimyr amber. Paleontological Journal 51:520-532

Parent taxon: Heteropezini according to M. Jaschhof 2021

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2017 and Fedotova and Perkovsky 2020

Sister taxa: Cretomiastor, Electroxylomyia, Estoperpetua, Frirenia, Henria, Heteropeza, Leptosyna, Miastor, Monodicrana, Neostenoptera, Rasnitsia, Stellasegna, Tutkowskia, Ventosagloria, Vincinescia

Subtaxa: Krassiloviola geniusloci

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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