Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Alternative combinations: Amberaspinus orientales, Amberaspinus orientalus, Aspinus orientalus, Succinaspinus orientales

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166

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

See also Evenhuis 1994, Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong 2002 and Szadziewski 2019

Sister taxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia), Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia), Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea), Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea), Forcipomyia (Phytohelea), Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Trichohelea), Forcipomyia eobreviflagellata, Forcipomyia krzeminskii, Forcipomyia kulickae, Forcipomyia nadicola

Type specimen: GMB IV10163, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)

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