Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: E. D. Lukashevich. 1999. A phantom midge (Diptera: Chaoboridae) from Cretaceous Taimyr amber. Paleontological Journal 33:57-60

Parent taxon: Chaoboridae according to E. D. Lukashevich 1999

Sister taxa: Chachotosha, Chaoborinae, Chaoborites, Chaoburmus, Chironomaptera, Chironomapterinae, Corethra exita, Dixamima, Eucorethrinae, Gedanoborus, Jordanobotomus, Libanoborus, Mesochaoborus, Palaeomochlonyx, Rhaetomyia, Triassomyia

Subtaxa: Taimyborus aequiarticulatus

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Type: Taimyborus aequiarticulatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr Amber, Nizhnyaya Agapa River (PIN collection 3426) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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