Serromyia Meigen 1818 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: J. W. Meigen. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der Bekannten Europäischen Zweiflügeligen Insekten, Erster Theil 1-332

Parent taxon: Ceratopogonini according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Kieffer 1906, Sontag and Szadziewski 2011, Statz 1944 and Szadziewski 1988

Sister taxa: Alluaudomyia, Atyphohelea, Austrohelea, Baeodasymyia, Baeohelea, Brachycretacea, Brachypogon, Camptopterohelea, Ceratoculicoides, Ceratopalpomyia, Ceratopogon, Eohelea, Fanthamia, Fossihelea, Gedanohelea, Mantohelea, Meunierohelea, Monogedania, Monohelea, Nannohelea, Nelohelea, Palaeobrachypogon, Peronehelea, Schizohelea, Stilobezzia, Wirthohelea

Subtaxa: Serromyia alphea Serromyia anomalicornis Serromyia errata Serromyia polonica Serromyia ryszardi Serromyia sinuosa Serromyia spinigera Serromyia succinea

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Germany (4), India (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (1)

Total: 14 collections including 29 occurrences

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