†Chasmatonotoides longiantennata Doitteau and Nel 2007 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: G. Doitteau and A. Nel. 2007. Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 1404:1-66
Belongs to Chasmatonotoides according to G. Doitteau and A. Nel 2007
Sister taxon: Chasmatonotoides deharvengi
Type specimen: MNHN PA 1413, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
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