Ovisargus (Ovisargus) singulus Zhang 2014

Insecta - Diptera - Archisargidae

Alternative combination: Ovisargus singulus

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 Ovisargus (Ovisargus) according to J. F. Zhang 2014

See also Grimaldi and Barden 2016

Sister taxon: Ovisargus (Ovisargus) gracilis

Type specimen: NIGP DHG201306, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)

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