Burmochlus madmaxi Giłka et al. 2019 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: W. Giłka, M. Zakrzewska, and E. A. Makarchenko. 2019. Burmochlus gen. nov., the first Cretaceous member of the Archaeochlus cluster (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae). Cretaceous Research 106(104261)

Belongs to Burmochlus according to W. Giłka et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F2a LSZ DIZP, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (DIZP Gdansk coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

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

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