Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: W. Giłka. 2010. A new species group in the genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) based on a fossil record from Baltic amber. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):714-719
Belongs to Tanytarsus according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Giłka 2010, Giłka and Zakrzewska 2013, Giłka and Zakrzewska 2015 and Zakrzewska et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Tanytarsus congregabilis, Tanytarsus crocota, Tanytarsus fereci, Tanytarsus forfex, Tanytarsus glaesarius, Tanytarsus insularis, Tanytarsus maritimus, Tanytarsus protogregarius, Tanytarsus ramus, Tanytarsus szadziewskii, Tanytarsus wulpii
Type specimen: MAI 5157a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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