Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Chimaerohelea miocaenica
Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1993. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 35:603-656
Belongs to Meunierohelea according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Szadziewski 1993 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxa: Meunierohelea anglesensis, Meunierohelea borkenti, Meunierohelea cambayana, Meunierohelea fudalai, Meunierohelea gedanicola, Meunierohelea nielseni, Meunierohelea orientalis, Meunierohelea wirthi
Type specimen: MfN MB.I-8-63, an exoskeleton
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection) (Eocene of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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