†Schizohelea baltica Szadziewski 1988 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Alternative combination: Monohelea baltica
Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1988. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57:3-283
Belongs to Schizohelea according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2022
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Szadziewski 1988 and Szadziewski 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MZW 18161, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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