Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative spelling: Oecacta
Parent taxon: Culicoides according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Aldrich 1905, Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Evenhuis 1994, Kieffer 1906, Szadziewski 1988 and Szadziewski and Grogan 1998
Sister taxa: Culicoides (Groganomyia), Culicoides abbreviatipennis, Culicoides agamus, Culicoides ambericus, Culicoides annosus, Culicoides antilleanus, Culicoides atratus, Culicoides austerus, Culicoides balticus, Culicoides bicolor, Culicoides bifidus, Culicoides brisaci, Culicoides brodzinskyi, Culicoides bullus, Culicoides canadensis, Culicoides casei, Culicoides ceranowiczi, Culicoides dasyheleiformis, Culicoides doyeni, Culicoides elongatulus, Culicoides eoselficus, Culicoides filipalpis, Culicoides gedanensis, Culicoides gracilior, Culicoides grandibocus, Culicoides hispanicola, Culicoides jucundus, Culicoides kaluginae, Culicoides liliputanus, Culicoides mammalicola, Culicoides megacanthus, Culicoides obesus, Culicoides obscuratus, Culicoides obuncus, Culicoides paleopestis, Culicoides prussicus, Culicoides speciosus, Culicoides sphenostylus, Culicoides subgedanensis, Culicoides succineus, Culicoides succivarius, Culicoides tenuipennis, Culicoides truncatus, Culicoides tyrrelli, Culicoides ventralis, Culicoides yoosti
Subtaxa: Culicoides (Oecacta) dasyheleiformis Culicoides (Oecacta) succivarius
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections including 11 occurrences