Insecta - Diptera - Limoniidae
Full reference: S. Y. Wu and W. Krzemiński. 2019. Taxonomic names, in New fossil representative of the genus Helius (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the little known and newly discovered locality Caergen Village of northeastern Tibetan Plateau (China). Palaeontologia Electronica 22(1.2A):1-8
Belongs to Helius (Helius) according to S. Y. Wu and W. Krzemiński 2019
Sister taxa: Helius (Helius) alavensis, Helius (Helius) collemus, Helius (Helius) edmundi, Helius (Helius) ewa, Helius (Helius) neali, Helius (Helius) oosterbroeki, Helius (Helius) popovi, Helius (Helius) spiralis, Helius (Helius) vectensis
Type specimen: CNU-DIP-QZ2017001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Caergen Village, Duohemao Town, Zeku County, which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine shale in the Garang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Caergen Village, Duohemao Town, Zeku County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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