Insecta - Diptera - Chaoboridae

Full reference: V. Baranov, M. Frese, and M. R. McCurry. 2024. Taxonomic names, in New aquatic insects from the Miocene of Australia with notes on the ecology and ontogeny of a new species of Chaoborus (Diptera, Chaoboridae). Papers in Palaeontology 10(e1580)

Belongs to Chaoborus according to V. Baranov et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Chaoborus ciliatus, Chaoborus kishenehnicus, Chaoborus rarus, Chaoborus tertiarius

Type specimen: AM F.146361, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is McGraths Flat, which is in a Miocene pond siderite in Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McGraths Flat

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