Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: R. Szadziewski, M. Santer, A. Nel and W. Krzemiński. 2026. Taxonomic names, in Biting midges from early Eocene amber of Oise, France, have no connection to other Eocene faunas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71:51-68

Belongs to Forcipomyia according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Forcipomyia (Euprojoannisia), Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia), Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea), Forcipomyia (Lepidohelea), Forcipomyia (Phytohelea), Forcipomyia (Synthyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Thyridomyia), Forcipomyia (Trichohelea), Forcipomyia eobreviflagellata, Forcipomyia krzeminskii, Forcipomyia kulickae, Forcipomyia nadicola

Type specimen: MNHN.F.A95085, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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