Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: W. Giłka and M. Zakrzewska. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Non-biting midges of the tribe Tanytarsini in Eocene amber from the Rovno region (Ukraine): a pioneer systematic study with notes on the phylogeny (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 3736:569-586
Belongs to Tanytarsus according to W. Giłka and M. Zakrzewska 2013
Sister taxa: Tanytarsus crocota, Tanytarsus fereci, Tanytarsus forfex, Tanytarsus glaesarius, Tanytarsus insularis, Tanytarsus maritimus, Tanytarsus protogregarius, Tanytarsus ramus, Tanytarsus serafini, Tanytarsus szadziewskii, Tanytarsus wulpii
Type specimen: SIZK K-8855, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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