Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: F. Stebner, R. Szadziewski, and B. Wang. 2016. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Fushun amber reveal further biotic links between Asia and Europe during the Eocene. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3.31A):1-9

Belongs to Gedanohelea according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Stebner et al. 2016 and Szadziewski 2018

Sister taxa: Gedanohelea gerdesorum, Gedanohelea liaoningensis, Gedanohelea loewi, Gedanohelea succinea, Gedanohelea wirthi

Type specimen: NIGP 156997, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (NIGP collection)

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