Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Alternative combinations: Amberaspinus orientales, Aspinus orientalus, Forcipomyia orientalus, Succinaspinus orientales

Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1981. Eocene Fossil Diptera Insecta in Amber of Fushun Coalfield 1-166

Belongs to Amberaspinus according to P. J. Ashe et al. 2024

See also Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Evenhuis 1994, Hong 1981, Hong 2002, Hong 2002 and Szadziewski 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMB IV10163, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection)

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