†Mesochria fani Szadziewski and Szwedo 2016 (wood gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Anisopodidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski and J. Szwedo. 2016. Taxonomic names, in The oldest species of the relic extant genus Mesochria from Eocene Fushun amber of China (Diptera: Anisopodidae: Mycetobiinae). Palaeontologia Electronica 19(1.12A):1-11
Belongs to Mesochria according to R. Szadziewski and J. Szwedo 2016
Sister taxa: Mesochria deploegi, Mesochria neotropica
Type specimen: NIGP 156988, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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