†Chironomopsis gracilis Ping 1928 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: C. Ping. 1928. Study of the Cretaceous fossil insects of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series B 13:5-57
Belongs to Chironomopsis according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Hong 1976, Lin 1982 and Ping 1928
Sister taxa: Chironomopsis arrogans, Chironomopsis extincta
Type specimen: NIGP 2142, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Locality 2101, Peipiao (gray shales), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large shale in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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