Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: R. Szadziewski, W. L. Grogan, E. Sontag and B. Bojarski. 2022. A new genus of predatory midge in the Monohelea complex from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 919:1-9
Parent taxon: Ceratopogonini according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Alluaudomyia, Atyphohelea, Austrohelea, Baeodasymyia, Baeohelea, Brachycretacea, Brachypogon, Camptopterohelea, Ceratoculicoides, Ceratopalpomyia, Ceratopogon, Eohelea, Fanthamia, Fossihelea, Gedanohelea, Mantohelea, Meunierohelea, Monohelea, Nannohelea, Nelohelea, Palaeobrachypogon, Peronehelea, Schizohelea, Serromyia, Stilobezzia, Wirthohelea
Subtaxa: Monogedania clunipes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (2), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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