Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Azar and Nel 2010, Baranov et al. 2018 and Doitteau and Nel 2007
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Tendipopsis, Pelopiina
Subtaxa: Cretadiamesa Libanodiamesa Monodiamesa Paicheleria Prodiamesa
Type: Prodiamesa
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences