Cretapelopia Veltz et al. 2007 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: I. Veltz, D. Azar, and A. Nel. 2007. New chironomid flies in Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). African Invertebrates 48:169-191

Parent taxon: Pentaneurini according to I. Veltz et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Ablabesmyia, Conchapelopia, Nilotanypus

Subtaxa: Cretapelopia salomea

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Type: Cretapelopia salomea

Ecology:

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

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