Tanytarsus serafini Giłka 2010 (non biting midge)

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 M. Zakrzewska et al. 2016

See also Giłka 2010, Giłka and Zakrzewska 2013 and Giłka and Zakrzewska 2015

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

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