†Pterosis extinctus Baranov 2025 (non biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae
Full reference: V. O. Baranov. 2025. Taxonomic names, in Extending the fossil record of late Oligocene non-biting midges (Chironomidae, Diptera) of New Zealand. PeerJ 13(e18893)
Belongs to Pterosis according to V. O. Baranov 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU47546, an exoskeleton (wing). Its type locality is Pomahaka amber, which is in a Chattian terrestrial amber in the Pomahaka Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Pomahaka amber
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