Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Full reference: A. P. Amaral, F. L. da Silva, and V. Baranov. 2024. Taxonomic names, in Discovering a new fossil chironomid from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese Amber: Electroneura pinhoi sp. nov. Amaral, Silva & Baranov (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae). PalZ 98:419-428

Parent taxon: Tanypodinae according to A. P. Amaral et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Anatopyniini, Clinotanypodini, Gurvanomyia, Juropelopia, Libanopelopia, Macropelopiini, Mailonia, Pentaneurini, Procladiini, Shinlustia, Tanypodini, Tanypodites, Tophocladius, Ziadeus

Subtaxa: Electroneura pinhoi

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Type: Electroneura pinhoi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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