Rovnoholoneurus davidi Fedotova and Perkovsky 2017 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2017. New genus and species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae, Holoneurini) from the late Eocene amber of Olevsk (Zhitomir Region, Ukraine). Vestnik Zoologii 51:23-30

Belongs to Rovnoholoneurus according to Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky 2017

Sister taxa: Rovnoholoneurus laqueatus, Rovnoholoneurus miyae

Type specimen: SIZK OL-8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Olevsk locality (SIZC OL collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Olevsk locality (SIZC OL collection)

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