†Electroneura pinhoi Amaral et al. 2024 (non biting midge)
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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
Belongs to Electroneura according to A. P. Amaral et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AUBL AO 64, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Ain Dara, Caza Aley (LU AD collection)
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