Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1993. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 35:603-656
Belongs to Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Szadziewski 1993
Sister taxa: Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) dominicana, Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) falcata, Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) kutscheri, Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) veterana, Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) wirthicola
Type specimen: MKC K-61, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (Kutscher Gottingen collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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