Epimesoplecia macrostrena Lin et al. 2015 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Protopleciidae

Full reference: X. Q. Lin, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2015. Revision of the genus Epimesoplecia Zhang, 2007 (Diptera, Nematocera, Protopleciidae) with five new species. ZooKeys 492:123-143

Belongs to Epimesoplecia according to X. Q. Lin et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Epimesoplecia ambloneura, Epimesoplecia elenae, Epimesoplecia plethora, Epimesoplecia prosoneura, Epimesoplecia shcherbakovi, Epimesoplecia stana

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2013211, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2013 collection)

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