Elliprhagio macrosiphonius Han et al., 2019

Taxonomy

Snipe Fly

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille 1829
Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Diptera Linneaus, 1758
Family: Rhagionidae Latreille, 1802
Genus: Elliprhagio
Species: Elliprhagio macrosiphonius
Author Citation Han et al., 2019

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Callovian to Oxfordian

Stratigraphy

Jiulongshan Formation
Daohugou Bed

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 6 mm

Location

Daohugou (Village)
Ningcheng (County)
Inner Mongolia (Province)
China

• daohugou
• elliprhagio
• inner mongolia
• jiulongshan
• snipe fly
• tff-oilshale-ar2758

Comments

Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org.
Etymology. From “ellip- ”, which means elliptic and genus Ragio, referring to the elliptic wings. Gender: masculine.

Diagnosis from Han et al. 2019, p.154: “Flagellum with 10 flagellemeres; proboscis long, labium fleshy, labella small. Wings elliptic and wide; R₂₊₃ sinuate at the middle, and sharply up-curved distally; crossvein r-m intersecting the upper margin of d cell at basal one third (1/3); four medial veins present, bM₃ and dM₃ straight; anal cell closed before wing margin. Midtibiae with 1 spur.“
Line drawings from Han et al., 2019, p. 157 (scale bar equals 0.5mm):

References:
Han YE, Cai Y, Ren D, Wang Y. (2019). A new fossil snipe fly with long proboscis from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa. 30;4691(2):zootaxa.4691.2.4.
Zhang, K., Yang, D. & Ren, D. (2008). A new genus and species of Middle Jurassic rhagionids from China (Diptera, Rhagionidae). Biologia, 63(1), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0012-4
Zhang, J. (2013). Snipe flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Daohugou Formation (Jurassic), Inner Mongolia, and the systematic position of related records in China. Palaeontology, 56, 1, 217–228.
Zhang, K., Li, J., Yang, D., & Ren, D. (2009). A new species of Archirhagio Rohdendorf, 1938 from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia of China (Diptera: Archisargidae). Zootaxa, 1984, 61-65.