Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Alternative spelling: Spaniotoma (Smittia)
Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Baranov et al. 2015, Boesel 1937, Carpenter 1992, Kieffer 1906 and Zelentsov et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemini, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Pterosis, Rheosmittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia, Cretadiamesa, Monodiamesa, Libanodiamesa, Prodiamesa, Paicheleria
Subtaxa: Smittia sukachevae Smittia veta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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