Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: W. Giłka and M. Zakrzewska. 2015. Taxonomic names, in The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the collection of the Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdansk. Zootaxa 3946:347-360
Belongs to Tanytarsus according to M. Zakrzewska et al. 2016
See also Giłka and Zakrzewska 2015
Sister taxa: Tanytarsus congregabilis, Tanytarsus crocota, Tanytarsus fereci, Tanytarsus forfex, Tanytarsus insularis, Tanytarsus maritimus, Tanytarsus protogregarius, Tanytarsus ramus, Tanytarsus serafini, Tanytarsus szadziewskii, Tanytarsus wulpii
Type specimen: MAI-415a, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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