†Bythomyia oryctes Zhang 1989 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Miocene insects from Shanwang of Shandong, China and their bearing on palaeoenvironment. Proceedings of International Symposium on Pacific Neogene Continental and Marine Events 149-156
Belongs to Bythomyia according to J. Zhang et al. 1994
See also Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection s (Shandong Provincial Museum)
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