Schizohelea Kieffer 1917 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: J. J. Kieffer. 1917. Chironomides d'Amérique conservés au Musée National Hongrois de Budapest. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 15:292-364

Parent taxon: Ceratopogonini according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2022

See also Borkent and Dominiak 2020

Sister taxa: Alluaudomyia, Atyphohelea, Austrohelea, Baeodasymyia, Baeohelea, Brachycretacea, Brachypogon, Camptopterohelea, Ceratoculicoides, Ceratopalpomyia, Ceratopogon, Eohelea, Fanthamia, Fossihelea, Gedanohelea, Mantohelea, Meunierohelea, Monogedania, Monohelea, Nannohelea, Nelohelea, Palaeobrachypogon, Peronehelea, Serromyia, Stilobezzia, Wirthohelea

Subtaxa: Schizohelea baltica

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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