†Coelotanypus antiquus Seredszus and Wichard 2010 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: F. Seredszus and W. Wichard. 2010. Overview and descriptions of fossil non-biting midges in Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). Studia Dipterologica 17:121-129
Belongs to Coelotanypus according to F. Seredszus and W. Wichard 2010
Sister taxa: Coelotanypus electronicus, Coelotanypus validus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Zoologische Staatsammlung, Munich), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Zoologische Staatsammlung, Munich)
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