Bezzia Kieffer 1899 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Parent taxon: Palpomyiini 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: Palpomyia, Phaenobezzia
Subtaxa: Bezzia eocenica Bezzia longipennis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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