Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: V. Baranov, C. Hoffeins, H. W. Hoffeins and J. T. Haug. 2019. Reaching across the ocean of time: A midge morphotype from the Cretaceous of Gondwana found in the Eocene Baltic amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2.38A):1-17
Belongs to Libanochlites according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024
See also Baranov et al. 2019
Sister taxon: Libanochlites neocomicus
Type specimen: SDEI Dip 00606, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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