Praearchitipula apprima Gao et al. 2015 (hairy-eyed cranefly)

Insecta - Diptera - Pediciidae

Full reference: J. Q. Gao, C. K. Shih, K. Kopeć, W. Krzemiński, and D. Ren. 2015. New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia. Zootaxa 3963:240-249

Belongs to Praearchitipula according to J. Q. Gao et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Praearchitipula abnormis, Praearchitipula kaluginae, Praearchitipula mirabilis, Praearchitipula notabilis, Praearchitipula podenasi, Praearchitipula ribeiroi, Praearchitipula ryszardi, Praearchitipula trinervis

Type specimen: CNU-DIP-NN2014001, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection)

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