†Chaoborus kishenehnicus Baranov and Haug 2021 (phantom midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae
Full reference: V. A. Baranov and J. T. Haug. 2021. Taxonomic names, in Diversity of culicomorphan dipterans in the Eocene Kishenehn Konservat-Lagerstätte (Montana, USA) and its palaeoecological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 25(1:a4):1-30
Belongs to Chaoborus according to V. A. Baranov and J. T. Haug 2021
Sister taxa: Chaoborus ciliatus, Chaoborus rarus, Chaoborus tertiarius
Type specimen: USNM 626053, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Kishenehn (Greenwalt collection), which is in a Lutetian lacustrine - large shale in the Kishenehn Formation of Montana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Kishenehn (Greenwalt collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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