Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski and W. L. Grogan. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. III. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12:39-52
Belongs to Brachypogon (Isohelea) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Sister taxa: Brachypogon (Isohelea) henningseni, Brachypogon (Isohelea) polonicus, Brachypogon (Isohelea) prominuloides, Brachypogon (Isohelea) prominulus
Type specimen: AMNH-WV-3.a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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