Insecta - Diptera - Protorhyphidae
Full reference: M. Wojtoń, I. Kania, W. Krzemiński and D. Ren. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships within the superfamily Anisopodoidea (Diptera: Nematocera), with description of new Jurassic species. Palaeoentomology 2:119-139
Belongs to Protorhyphus according to M. Wojtoń et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Protorhyphus arcuatus, Protorhyphus liaoningicus, Protorhyphus lukashevichae, Protorhyphus major, Protorhyphus neimonggolensis, Protorhyphus ovisimilis, Protorhyphus rohdendorfi, Protorhyphus sibiricus, Protorhyphus simplex, Protorhyphus stigmaticus, Protorhyphus turanicus
Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2019002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2019 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2019 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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