Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Alternative combination: Pelopia obscura

Full reference: G. Statz. 1944. Neue Dipteren (Nematocera) aus dem Oberoligocan von Rott. 1. Teil 6. Familie: Tendipedidae (Zuck- oder Schwarmmucken). 2. Teil 7. Familie: Heleidae (Gnitzen) 3. Teil 8. Familie: Lycoriidae (Trauermucken). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 95:122-187

Belongs to Tanypus according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

See also Statz 1944

Sister taxa: Tanypus compactus, Tanypus dorminans, Tanypus eridanus, Tanypus filiformis, Tanypus fusiformis, Tanypus longicornis, Tanypus obtusus, Tanypus pagasti, Tanypus palaemon, Tanypus parvus, Tanypus porrectus, Tanypus subrotundatus, Tanypus thienemanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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