Chaoborus tertiarius von Heyden 1862 (phantom midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Alternative combination: Culicites tertiarius

Full reference: C. von Heyden. 1862. Gliederthiere aus der Braunkohle des Niederrhein's, der Wetterau und der Röhn. Palaeontographica 10:62-82

Belongs to Chaoborus according to A. Borkent 2014

See also Borkent 1978 and von Heyden 1862

Sister taxa: Chaoborus ciliatus, Chaoborus kishenehnicus, Chaoborus rarus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Krantz Bonn coll), which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - large shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Krantz Bonn coll)

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