Myanmaro Giłka et al. 2019 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: W. Giłka, E. A. Makarchenko, M. K. Pankowski and M. Zakrzewska. 2019. Myanmaro primus gen. et sp. nov., the first orthoclad (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4565:61-70

Parent taxon: Orthocladiinae according to W. Giłka et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Acutiforcipia, Antillocladius, Brillia, Bryophaenocladius, Camptocladius, Chaetocladius, Chasmatonotoides, Corynoneura, Cricotopus, Flexicrus, Heterotrissocladius, Hydrobaenus, Hydrosmittia, Krenosmittia, Lebanorthocladius, Limnophyes, Metriocnemus, Orthocladius, Parachaetocladius, Parachasmatonotus, Parametriocnemus, Paraphaenocladius, Ploegia, Psectrocladius, Pseudochasmatonotus, Pseudorthocladius, Pseudosmittia, Rheosmittia, Smittia, Spaniotoma, Spinorthocladius, Tokunagaia, Tokyobrillia, Zalutschia

Subtaxa: Myanmaro primus

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Type: Myanmaro primus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (DIZP Gdansk coll) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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