Insecta - Diptera - Tanyderidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 297254

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich and W. Krzemiński. 2009. New Jurassic Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Asia with first find of larvae. Zoosymposia 3:155-172

Belongs to Protanyderus according to K. Skibi?ska 2016

Sister taxa: Protanyderus astictum, Protanyderus invalidus, Protanyderus mesozoicus, Protanyderus savtchenkoi, Protanyderus senilis, Protanyderus vetus, Protanyderus vulcanium

Type specimen: PIN 4270/2141, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 443/1 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.

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Average measurements (in mm): wing length 10.2