Coelotanypus electronicus Doitteau and Nel 2007 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: G. Doitteau and A. Nel. 2007. Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 1404:1-66

Belongs to Coelotanypus according to G. Doitteau and A. Nel 2007

Sister taxa: Coelotanypus antiquus, Coelotanypus validus

Type specimen: MNHN PA 2347, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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