Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: W. Giłka, M. Zakrzewska, and W. Krzemiński. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Towards the diversity of non-biting midges of the tribe Tanytarsini from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). Palaeontologia Electronica 19(2.18A):1-21

Belongs to Tanytarsus according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024

See also Giłka et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Tanytarsus congregabilis, Tanytarsus fereci, Tanytarsus forfex, Tanytarsus glaesarius, Tanytarsus insularis, Tanytarsus maritimus, Tanytarsus protogregarius, Tanytarsus ramus, Tanytarsus serafini, Tanytarsus szadziewskii, Tanytarsus wulpii

Type specimen: CCHH 1754-7, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection

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