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 Dasyhelea according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2026

Sister taxa: Dasyhelea antilleana, Dasyhelea antiqua, Dasyhelea browneae, Dasyhelea dara, Dasyhelea dominicana, Dasyhelea eodicryptoscenica, Dasyhelea gedanica, Dasyhelea hispaniolae, Dasyhelea judithae, Dasyhelea kanakoffi, Dasyhelea minuticola, Dasyhelea miocaenica, Dasyhelea stanislavi, Dasyhelea stenoceras

Type specimen: MNHN.F.A95091, 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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