†Physohelea obtusa Meunier 1904 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Ceratopogon obtusus
Synonym: Ceratopogon cothurnatulus Meunier 1904
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275
Belongs to Physohelea according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Evenhuis 1994, Meunier 1904, Sontag and Szadziewski 2011, Szadziewski 1988 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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