Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Invalid subtaxa: Aspinus Hong 1981 [replaced name], Succinaspinus Hong 2002 [objective synonym]
Full reference: N. L. Evenhuis. 1994. Catalogue of the Fossil Flies of the World (Insecta: Diptera) 1-600
Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent et al. 2022, Evenhuis 1994, Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong 2002 and Szadziewski 2019
Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Alitendipes, Aphroteniinae, Asiatendipes, Asuba, Beifangitendipes, Bibionites, Buchonomyiinae, Bythomyia, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Clavicornius, Coelochironoma, Corynocera, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Pelopiina, Tendipopsis
Subtaxa: Amberaspinus orientalus
Type: Aspinus orientalus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection) (Eocene of China)
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