Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: L. Brundin. 1976. A Neocomian Chironomid and Podonorninae-Aphroteniinae (Diptera) in the light of phylogenetics and biogeography. Zoologica Scripta 5:139-160
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Azar et al. 2008, Baranov et al. 2019, Brundin 1976, Carpenter 1992 and Veltz et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
Subtaxa: Libanochlites eocenicus Libanochlites neocomicus
Type: Libanochlites neocomicus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Jordan (1), Lebanon (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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