Mailotrichocera jiyuanensis Azar and Lian 2024 (winter crane fly)

Insecta - Diptera - Trichoceridae

Full reference: D. Azar and X. Lian. 2024. New fossil trichocerid Diptera from the Middle Jurassic of Jiyuan Basin, China. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 60:41-46

Belongs to Mailotrichocera according to D. Azar and X. Lian 2024

Sister taxa: Mailotrichocera gracilis, Mailotrichocera jurassica, Mailotrichocera mikereichi, Mailotrichocera ovifera, Mailotrichocera praedicta, Mailotrichocera prisca, Mailotrichocera sukachevae, Mailotrichocera variabilis, Mailotrichocera zessini

Type specimen: NIGP206136, a wing. Its type locality is Anyao, Jiyuan City, which is in a Callovian lacustrine shale in the Yangshuzhuang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Anyao, Jiyuan City

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