Insecta - Diptera - Acroceridae
Alternative combination: Juracyrtus kovalevi
Full reference: E. P. Nartshuk. 1996. A new fossil acrocerid fly from the Jurassic beds of Kazakhstan (Diptera: Acroceridae). Zoosystematica Rossica 4(2):313-315
Belongs to Archocyrtus according to J. P. Gillung and S. L. Winterton 2019
See also Gillung and Winterton 2017, Khramov and Lukashevich 2019 and Nartshuk 1996
Sister taxon: Archocyrtus gibbosus
Type specimen: PIN 2239/2179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2239)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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