Ugolyakia kaluginae Perkovsky and Sukhomlin 2018 (black fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Simuliidae

Full reference: E. E. Perkovsky and E. B. Sukhomlin. 2018. Taxonomic names, in An unexpectedly abundant new genus of black flies (Diptera, Simuliidae) from Upper Cretaceous Taimyr amber of Ugolyak, with discussion of the early evolution of birds at high latitudes. Cretaceous Research 90:80-89

Belongs to Ugolyakia according to E. E. Perkovsky and E. B. Sukhomlin 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 3631/37, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Ugolyak (PIN collection 3631), which is in a Santonian fluvial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Ugolyak (PIN collection 3631)

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