Stempellinella gilkai Zakrzewska and Jankowska 2021 (non biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: M. Zakrzewska and A. Jankowska. 2021. A new fossil Stempellinella from Eocene Baltic amber, with systematic notes and amendment of the generic diagnosis (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa 4908:505-514

Belongs to Stempellinella according to M. Zakrzewska and A. Jankowska 2021

Sister taxa: Stempellinella bicorna, Stempellinella electra, Stempellinella fibra, Stempellinella ivanovae, Stempellinella pollex

Type specimen: F28a LSZ DIZP, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk LSZ DIZP collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk LSZ DIZP collection)

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