Corynocera Zetterstedt 1837 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Synonym: Dryadotanytarsus Andersen 1943

Full reference: J. W. Zetterstedt. 1837. Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum. Isis von Oken 1837:28-67

Parent taxon: Chironomidae according to J. Böcher 1995

See also Evenhuis 1994 and Kieffer 1906

Sister taxa: Aenneinae, Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Calopsectra, Chironominae, Chironomopsis, Coelochironoma, Cretodiamesinae, Cricotopiella, Diamesinae, Dicrotendipes, Eurycnemus, Haematotanypus, Huabeitendipes, Jentzschiella, Jurochlus, Langtonius, Liauningius, Libanochlites, Manlayamyia, Mogsonomus, Nomochirus, Orthocladiinae, Orusa, Pelopia, Podonominae, Polypedilum, Prodiamesinae, Sendelia, Sergentia, Sinoryctochlus, Stictochironomus, Tanypodinae, Tinactum, Ulaiinae, Ulaimailia, Ulaimailonia, Ulaimailoniella, Viduata, Protobibio, Pelopiina, Tendipopsis

Subtaxa: Corynocera ambigua Corynocera duffi

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Type: Corynocera ambigua

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (2 collections), New Zealand (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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