Tanypus Meigen 1803 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2:259-281

Parent taxon: Tanypodini according to M. N. Krosch et al. 2022

See also Aldrich 1905, Carpenter 1992, Kieffer 1906 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Tanypus compactus Tanypus dorminans Tanypus eridanus Tanypus filiformis Tanypus fusiformis Tanypus longicornis Tanypus obscurus Tanypus obtusus Tanypus pagasti Tanypus palaemon Tanypus parvus Tanypus porrectus Tanypus subrotundatus Tanypus thienemanni

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection), Tanzania (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (2)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 5 collections including 17 occurrences

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