†Chironomaptera gobiensis Cockerell 1924 (phantom midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Alternative combination: Chironomopsis gobiensis
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1924. Fossils in the Ondai Sair Formation Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 51:129-144
Belongs to Chironomaptera according to A. Borkent 2014
See also Cockerell 1924, Kalugina 1980 and Kalugina 1986
Sister taxa: Chironomaptera bucucunica, Chironomaptera collessi, Chironomaptera gregaria, Chironomaptera karabonica, Chironomaptera scobloi, Chironomaptera vesca
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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