Tribe Pentaneurini Hennig 1950 (non biting midge)
Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Parent taxon: Tanypodinae according to M. N. Krosch et al. 2022
See also Doitteau and Nel 2007 and Veltz et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Anatopyniini, Clinotanypodini, Gurvanomyia, Haematotanypus, Juropelopia, Libanopelopia, Macropelopiini, Mailonia, Procladiini, Shinlustia, Tanypodini, Tanypodites, Tophocladius, Ziadeus
Subtaxa: Ablabesmyia Conchapelopia Cretapelopia Nilotanypus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences