†Azana akarenos Kerr and Greenwalt 2022 (fungus gnat)
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Insecta - Diptera - Mycetophilidae
Full reference: P. H. Kerr and D. E. Greenwalt. 2022. Taxonomic names, in Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II. Palaeontologia Electronica 25(2:a22):1-52
Belongs to Azana according to P. H. Kerr and D. E. Greenwalt 2022
Sister taxa: Azana cockerelli, Azana rarissima
Type specimen: USNM 625099, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Spring site, Middle Fork Flathead River (Kishenehn)
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