Kovalevisargus haifanggouensis Zhang 2014 (fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Kovalevisargidae

Alternative combination: Kovalevisargus haifunggouensis

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 2014. Taxonomy, in Archisargoid flies (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Kovalevisargidae) from the Jurassic Daohugou biota of China, and the related biostratigraphical correlation and geological age. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13:857-881

Belongs to Kovalevisargus according to D. A. Grimaldi and P. Barden 2016

See also Zhang 2014

Sister taxa: Kovalevisargus brachypterus, Kovalevisargus clarigenus, Kovalevisargus macropterus

Type specimen: NIGP YSHG200302, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Yujiagou, Beipiao City (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Haifanggou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Yujiagou, Beipiao City (NIGP collection)

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