†Cretadiamesa arieli Veltz et al. 2007 (non biting midge)
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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
Belongs to Cretadiamesa according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Veltz et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Azar 365, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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