Metriocnemus van der Wulp 1874 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: F. M. van der Wulp. 1874. Dipterologische aanteekeningen. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 17:109-148

Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to N. I. Zelentsov et al. 2012

See also Aldrich 1905, Boesel 1937, Carpenter 1992 and van der Wulp 1874

Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia

Subtaxa: Metriocnemus cretatus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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