Krassiloviola geniusloci Fedotova and Perkovsky 2017 (gall midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Cecidomyiidae

Full reference: Z. A. Fedotova and E. E. Perkovsky. 2017. New tribe, genus, and species of paedogenetic gall midges (Diptera, Lestremiidae: Krassiloviolini trib. nov.) from the Late Cretaceous Taimyr amber. Paleontological Journal 51:520-532

Belongs to Krassiloviola according to M. Jaschhof 2021

See also Fedotova and Perkovsky 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3311/3244, 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)

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