Tribe Johannsenomyiini Crampton 1925 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Alternative spelling: Johannsenomyidae

Full reference: G. C. Crampton. 1925. A phylogenetic study of the thoracic sclerites of the non-tipuloid nematocerous Diptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 18:49-74

Parent taxon: Ceratopogoninae according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

Sister taxa: Ceratopogon escheri, Ceratopogonini, Culicoides carri, Culicoides fossilis, Culicoides laurae, Culicoides mioceneus, Culicoidini, Heteromyiini, Johannsenomyia hotchkissae, Neoculicoides, Neoculicoides jeanneae, Palpomyiini, Sphaeromiini

Subtaxa: Johannsenomyia Macropeza Mallochohelea

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Type: Johannsenomyia

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (University of Gdansk MAI collection) (Eocene of Poland)

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