Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: P. Ashe and J. O'Connor. 2019. Validation of the fossil genus name †Acutiforcipia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 43:131-132
Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Ashe and O'Connor 2019 and Seredszus and Wichard 2009
Sister taxa: Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemini, Metriocnemus, Myanmaro, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Pterosis, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia
Subtaxa: Acutiforcipia crusnotabile Acutiforcipia cuspilonga Acutiforcipia fittkaui
Type: Acutiforcipia cuspilonga
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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