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: Prodiamesinae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024

See also Azar and Nel 2010

Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemini, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Pterosis, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia, Cretadiamesa, Libanodiamesa, Monodiamesa, Prodiamesa

Subtaxa: Paicheleria magnifica

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Type: Paicheleria magnifica

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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