†Cretomycophila ekaterinae Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016 (gall midge)
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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
Belongs to Cretomycophila according to M. Jaschhof 2021
See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3311/2588, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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