Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 1993. Biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from Miocene Saxonian amber. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensis 35:603-656

Belongs to Ceratopogon according to A. Borkent 2013

Sister taxa: Ceratopogon (Ceratopogon), Ceratopogon ceranowiczi, Ceratopogon crypticus, Ceratopogon eminens, Ceratopogon forcipiformis, Ceratopogon gedanicus, Ceratopogon grogani, Ceratopogon hennigi, Ceratopogon kotejai, Ceratopogon margaritae, Ceratopogon miocaenicus, Ceratopogon nanalobus, Ceratopogon paraeminens, Ceratopogon piotrowskii, Ceratopogon pisinnus, Ceratopogon remmicola, Ceratopogon ritzkowskii, Ceratopogon spiniger, Ceratopogon subeminens, Ceratopogon succinicolus, Ceratopogon tertiaricus

Type specimen: MfN MB.I-8-3, an exoskeleton

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