Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative spelling: Ceratopogon (Forcipomyia)
Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332
Parent taxon: Forcipomyiini according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2021
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Kieffer 1906, Pielowska et al. 2018, Solórzano Kraemer 2007, Sontag and Szadziewski 2011, Szadziewski 1988, Szadziewski 1990 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Sister taxon: Atrichopogon
Subtaxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea) Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea) Forcipomyia (Phytohelea) Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia) Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia) Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) Forcipomyia eobreviflagellata Forcipomyia krzeminskii Forcipomyia kulickae Forcipomyia nadicola Forcipomyia oisensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (6 collections), Ethiopia (1), Mexico (7), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (2), India (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (3)
Total: 34 collections including 122 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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