†Eoprocladius Szadziewski et al. 2018 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski, E. Sontag, and P. Dominiak. 2018. A new chironomid with a long proboscis from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae). Annales Zoologici 68:601-608
Parent taxon: Procladiini according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2018
See also Ashe et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Djalmabatista, Procladius
Subtaxa: Eoprocladius hoffeinsorum
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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