†Cretodiamesa taimyrica Kalugina 1976 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1976. Non-Biting Midges of the Subfamily Diamesinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr. Paleontological Journal 10(1):79-83
Belongs to Cretodiamesa according to N. S. Kalugina 1976
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3130/145, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3130)
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