Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
See also Aldrich 1905 and Kieffer 1906
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
Subtaxa: Diamesa extincta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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