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Family PLECIODICTYIDAE



Pleciodictyids are an extinct family of flies that have wing venation reminiscent of sciarids or bibionids. Rohdendorf (1964) placed the family in his Superfamily Pleciodictyidea of the Bibionomorpha. The illustration of the wing provided by Rohdendorf (1962: fig. 1008) is too fragmented for any conclusions to be made concerning its actual familial placement among the Diptera. The family is based solely on the single impression of a poorly preserved wing of the species Pleciodictya modesta from the Lower Jurassic deposits of Issyk-Kul', Kirghizistan.


Genus PLECIODICTYA Rohdendorf

PLECIODICTYA Rohdendorf, 1962: 319 (1991: 463). Type species: Pleciodictya modesta Rohdendorf, 1962, by original designation.
modesta Rohdendorf, 1962: 319 (1991: 463). PA: Kirghizistan (Lower Jurassic) [C].



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