Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Sciara according to J. F. Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Sciara acuminata, Sciara atropha, Sciara burmitina, Sciara defectuosa, Sciara deperdita, Sciara difficilis, Sciara dormitans, Sciara electriphila, Sciara flichei, Sciara florissantensis, Sciara gurnetensis, Sciara ignorata, Sciara inflata, Sciara lacoei, Sciara martii, Sciara minuscula, Sciara oblonga, Sciara protoberidis, Sciara protogaea, Sciara rara, Sciara requieta, Sciara saportana, Sciara schremmeri, Sciara scopuli, Sciara sepulta, Sciara sopora, Sciara splendida, Sciara villosoides
Type specimen: 79004, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 2, which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
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Average measurements (in mm): body length 3.67, wing length 2.80