Mochlonyx secundus Seredszus and Wichard 2009 (phantom midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: F. Seredszus and W. Wichard. 2009. Taxonomic names. Aquatic Insects in Baltic Amber 1-335

Belongs to Mochlonyx according to A. Borkent 2014

See also Seredszus and Wichard 2009

Sister taxa: Mochlonyx atavus, Mochlonyx sepultus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde (SMNS) collection

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