†Eoprocladius hoffeinsorum 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
Belongs to Eoprocladius according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Hoffeins 900-5/SDEI-Dip-00434, 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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