Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: W. Giłka. 2011. A new fossil Tanytarsus from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on systematics of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 3069:63-68
Belongs to Tanytarsus according to W. Giłka and M. Zakrzewska 2015
See also Giłka 2011
Sister taxa: Tanytarsus congregabilis, Tanytarsus crocota, Tanytarsus forfex, Tanytarsus glaesarius, Tanytarsus insularis, Tanytarsus maritimus, Tanytarsus protogregarius, Tanytarsus ramus, Tanytarsus serafini, Tanytarsus szadziewskii, Tanytarsus wulpii
Type specimen: MAI 4356, 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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