†Culicoides (Oecacta) dasyheleiformis Szadziewski 1988 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1988. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57:3-283
Belongs to Culicoides (Oecacta) according to R. Szadziewski 1988
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Pielowska et al. 2018 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxon: Culicoides (Oecacta) succivarius
Type specimen: MfN MBI 99, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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