†Mochlonyx sepultus Loew 1844 (phantom midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Full reference: H. Loew. 1844. Beschreibung einiger neuen Gattungen der europäischen Dipternfauna. Entomologische Zeitung 5:114-130
Belongs to Mochlonyx according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Hennig 1966 and Loew 1844
Sister taxa: Mochlonyx atavus, Mochlonyx secundus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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