Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1993. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 35:603-656
Belongs to Brachypogon (Brachypogon) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Szadziewski 1993 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxa: Brachypogon (Brachypogon) americanus, Brachypogon (Brachypogon) balticus, Brachypogon (Brachypogon) eocenicus, Brachypogon (Brachypogon) gedanicus
Type specimen: MfN MB.I-8-44, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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