Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Full reference: J. Y. Hao, K. Q. Dong, and D. Ren. 2009. Middle Jurassic Eoptychopteridae from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China (Insecta, Diptera, Eoptychopteridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 34:106-110
Belongs to Crenoptychoptera according to J. Y. Hao et al. 2009
See also Zhang 2010
Sister taxa: Crenoptychoptera antica, Crenoptychoptera bavarica, Crenoptychoptera conspecta, Crenoptychoptera defossa, Crenoptychoptera dobbertinensis, Crenoptychoptera gaoi, Crenoptychoptera gronskayae, Crenoptychoptera liturata
Type specimen: CNU-Dip-D-NN2008016, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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