Corethrella (Corethrella) miocaenica Szadziewski et al. 1994 (frog biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Corethrellidae

Alternative combination: Corethrella (Notocorethrella) miocaenica

Full reference: R. Szadziewski, W. Krzemiński, and M. Kutscher. 1994. A new species of Corethrella (Diptera, Corethrellidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 37:87-90

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

See also Borkent 2008, Borkent 2014 and Szadziewski et al. 1994

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (ISEA collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (ISEA collection)

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