Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Synonym: Ceratopogon defectus Meunier 1904

Full reference: F. Meunier. 1904. Monographie des Cecidomyidae, des Sciaridae, des Mycetophilidae et des Chironomidae de l'ambre de la Baltique. Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles 28:12-275

Belongs to Ceratopogon according to A. Borkent 2013

Sister taxa: Ceratopogon (Ceratopogon), Ceratopogon bitterfeldi, Ceratopogon ceranowiczi, Ceratopogon crypticus, Ceratopogon eminens, 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 specimens:

• Ceratopogon forcipiformis: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
• Ceratopogon defectus: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

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