Eohelea Petrunkevitch 1957 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1957. Eohelea stridulans, n gen., n. sp., a striking example of paramorphism in an amber biting midge. Journal of Paleontology 31(1):208-214

Parent taxon: Ceratopogonini according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Carpenter 1992, Petrunkevitch 1957, Stebner and Szadziewski 2017, Szadziewski 1988 and Szadziewski 1990

Sister taxa: Alluaudomyia, Atyphohelea, Austrohelea, Baeodasymyia, Baeohelea, Brachycretacea, Brachypogon, Camptopterohelea, Ceratoculicoides, Ceratopalpomyia, Ceratopogon, Fanthamia, Fossihelea, Gedanohelea, Mantohelea, Meunierohelea, Monogedania, Monohelea, Nannohelea, Nelohelea, Palaeobrachypogon, Peronehelea, Schizohelea, Serromyia, Stilobezzia, Wirthohelea

Subtaxa: Eohelea fossicola Eohelea gedanica Eohelea grogani Eohelea indica Eohelea miocaenea Eohelea petrunkevitchi Eohelea sakhalinica Eohelea sinuosa

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Type: Eohelea stridulans

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), India (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (4)

Total: 15 collections including 30 occurrences

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