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 J. Ansorge 1999
See also Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1999
Sister taxa: Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cricotopiella, Diamesa, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
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