†Taimyborus aequiarticulatus Lukashevich 1999 (phantom midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 1999. A phantom midge (Diptera: Chaoboridae) from Cretaceous Taimyr amber. Paleontological Journal 33:57-60
Belongs to Taimyborus according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Lukashevich 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3426/69, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426), which is in a Cenomanian fluvial amber in the Dolgan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426)
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