Abstract
A complete well-preserved male fly from the Jurassic of Daohugou locality (Northeastern China) is described as Proptychopterina opinata sp. nov. The distribution of Proptychopterina is discussed, this genus is re-diagnosed, and a key to species is provided based on the wings.
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Original Russian Text © Q.-b. Lin, E.D. Lukashevich, 2006, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, No. 3, pp. 56–60.
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Lin, Q.b., Lukashevich, E.D. Proptychopterina (Diptera: Eoptychopteridae) from the Jurassic of Northeastern China. Paleontol. J. 40, 290–294 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030106030099
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