Dasyhelea antiqua Palmer 1957 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1957. Miocene arthropods from the Mojave desert, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 294-G:237-280

Belongs to Dasyhelea according to A. Borkent 2013

See also Borkent and Wirth 1997, Palmer 1957 and Pierce 1966

Sister taxa: Dasyhelea antilleana, Dasyhelea browneae, Dasyhelea dara, Dasyhelea dominicana, Dasyhelea eodicryptoscenica, Dasyhelea gedanica, Dasyhelea hispaniolae, Dasyhelea judithae, Dasyhelea kanakoffi, Dasyhelea minuticola, Dasyhelea miocaenica, Dasyhelea stanislavi, Dasyhelea stenoceras

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (34: California collections)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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