Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Synonyms: Corethra Meigen 1803, Culicites von Heyden 1862
Full reference: A. A. H. Lichtenstein. 1800. Beschreibung eines neu entdeckten Wasserinsekts. Archivs für Zoologie und Zootomie 1:168-175
Parent taxon: Chaoborinae according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Aldrich 1905, Baranov and Haug 2021, Borkent 1978, Carpenter 1992 and Scudder 1877
Sister taxon: Mochlonyx
Subtaxa: Chaoborus ciliatus Chaoborus kishenehnicus Chaoborus rarus Chaoborus tertiarius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2), United States (2: Mississippi, Montana)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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