Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Synonyms: Mesotendipes Hong 1982 [objective synonym], Petiolatendipes Lin 1980
Full reference: C. Ping. 1928. Study of the Cretaceous fossil insects of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 13:5-57
Parent taxon: Chaoboridae according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Carpenter 1992, Evenhuis 1994, Hong 1982, Kalugina 1985, Kalugina 1986, Lin 1976, Lin 1980, Lin 1982, Lin 1992, Ping 1928 and Zhang et al. 1986
Sister taxa: Chachotosha, Chaoborinae, Chaoborites, Chaoburmus, Chironomapterinae, Corethra exita, Dixamima, Eucorethrinae, Gedanoborus, Jordanobotomus, Libanoborus, Mesochaoborus, Palaeomochlonyx, Rhaetomyia, Taimyborus, Triassomyia
Subtaxa: Chironomaptera bucucunica Chironomaptera collessi Chironomaptera gobiensis Chironomaptera gregaria Chironomaptera karabonica Chironomaptera scobloi Chironomaptera vesca
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), China (21), Mongolia (11), the Russian Federation (8)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 44 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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