†Cretaenne inexpectata Azar et al. 2008 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: D. Azar, I. Veltz, and A. Nel. 2008. Mandibulate chironomids: primitive or derived? (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic Entomology 33:688-699
Belongs to Cretaenne according to D. Azar et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cretaenne kobeyssii, Cretaenne rasnicyni
Type specimen: MNHN Azar 184, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
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