Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1993. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 35:603-656

Belongs to Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013 and Szadziewski 1993

Sister taxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) berendti, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) henningseni, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) piriformis, Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia) tuberculosa

Type specimen: MfN MB.I-8-152, an exoskeleton

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection) (Eocene of Germany)

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