†Aenne Ansorge 1999 (non biting midge)
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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: Aenneinae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Ansorge 1999 and Krzemiński and Krzemińska 1999
Sister taxon: Cretaenne
Subtaxa: Aenne liasina Aenne triassica
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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