Corethrella (Corethrella) baltica Borkent 2008 (frog biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Corethrellidae

Full reference: A. Borkent. 2008. The frog-biting midges of the world (Corethrellidae: Diptera). Zootaxa 1804:1-456

Belongs to Corethrella (Corethrella) according to A. Pielowska et al. 2018

See also Borkent 2008 and Borkent 2014

Sister taxa: Corethrella (Corethrella) dominicana, Corethrella (Corethrella) miocaenica, Corethrella (Corethrella) nudistyla, Corethrella (Corethrella) prisca, Corethrella (Corethrella) rovnoensis, Corethrella (Corethrella) sontagae

Type specimen: MAI 3613 MTM37, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection)

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