Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: E. Peñalver, A. Arillo Aranda, R. Szadziewski and J. D. Stilwell. 2021. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the middle Eocene Anglesea amber (Australia) originated in a subpolar greenhouse Earth. Historical Biology 34:425-435
Belongs to Meunierohelea according to E. Peñalver et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Meunierohelea borkenti, Meunierohelea cambayana, Meunierohelea fudalai, Meunierohelea gedanicola, Meunierohelea miocaenica, Meunierohelea nielseni, Meunierohelea orientalis, Meunierohelea wirthi
Type specimen: NMV P344134, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anglesea amber, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial amber in Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Anglesea amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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