Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: J. Ansorge. 1999. Aenne liasina gen. et sp. n. - the most primitive non biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae: Aenninae subfam. n.) - from the Lower Jurassic of Germany. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 68:431-443
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Ansorge 1999 and Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1999
Sister taxa: Alitendipes, Amberaspinus, Aphroteniinae, Asiatendipes, Asuba, Beifangitendipes, Bibionites, Buchonomyiinae, Bythomyia, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Clavicornius, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Pelopiina, Tendipopsis, Protobibio
Type: Aenne
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Germany (2), Mongolia (1)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences