Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Ceratopogon piriformis
Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275
Belongs to Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Evenhuis 1994, Meunier 1904 and Szadziewski 1988
Sister taxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) berendti, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) henningseni, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) miocaenica, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) tuberculosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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