Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: A. Borkent. 2000. Further biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey amber. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 453-472
Belongs to Palaeobrachypogon according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2000, Borkent 2013, Borkent 2019 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxa: Palaeobrachypogon aquilonius, Palaeobrachypogon macronyx, Palaeobrachypogon remmi, Palaeobrachypogon taimyricus, Palaeobrachypogon vetus
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-416, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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