†Ziadeus Azar and Nel 2010 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: D. Azar and A. Nel. 2010. Two new non-biting midges from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:198-203
Parent taxon: Tanypodinae according to D. Azar and A. Nel 2010
Sister taxa: Anatopyniini, Clinotanypodini, Gurvanomyia, Haematotanypus, Juropelopia, Libanopelopia, Macropelopiini, Mailonia, Pentaneurini, Procladiini, Shinlustia, Tanypodini, Tanypodites, Tophocladius
Subtaxa: Ziadeus kamili
Type: Ziadeus kamili
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)
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