Estoperpetua Fedotova and Perkovsky 2016 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2016. A new genus and species of gall midges of the supertribe Heteropezidi (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) found in Eocene amber from Sakhalin. Paleontological Journal 50:1033-1037

Parent taxon: Heteropezini according to Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky 2016

Sister taxa: Cretomiastor, Electroxylomyia, Frirenia, Henria, Heteropeza, Krassiloviola, Leptosyna, Miastor, Monodicrana, Neostenoptera, Rasnitsia, Stellasegna, Tutkowskia, Ventosagloria, Vincinescia

Subtaxa: Estoperpetua sakhalinica

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Type: Estoperpetua sakhalinica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sakhalin Amber (PIN collection 3387) (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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