Cretoperomyia Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. First gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyioidea) from Late Cretaceous amber of the Taimyr Peninsula. Paleontological Journal 50:1001-1026

Parent taxon: Micromyidi according to M. Jaschhof 2021

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016 and Fedotova and Perkovsky 2020

Sister taxa: Corporesana, Micromyini, Palaeostrobliella, Peromyiini, Yantardakhiella

Subtaxa: Cretoperomyia dmitrii

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Type: Cretoperomyia dmitrii

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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