Atrichopogon brunnescens Statz 1944 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 1. Teil 6. Familie: Tendipedidae (Zuck- oder Schwarmmucken). 2. Teil 7. Familie: Heleidae (Gnitzen) 3. Teil 8. Familie: Lycoriidae (Trauermucken). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:122-187

Belongs to Atrichopogon according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Wirth 1997 and Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Atrichopogon (Atrichopogon), Atrichopogon dominicanus, Atrichopogon eocenicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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