†Electrotenia brundini Kalugina 1980 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: N. S. Kalugina. 1980. Cretaceous Aphroteniinae from North Siberia (Diptera, Chironomidae), Electrotenia brundini, gen. nov., sp. nov. Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Biologica 1978:89-93
Belongs to Electrotenia according to N. S. Kalugina 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3311/477, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
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