Insecta - Diptera - Chironomidae

Alternative combinations: Alitendipes melainus, Microtendipes melainus

Belongs to Eocenitendipes according to N. L. Evenhuis 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (late 1970s collection), which is in an Eocene terrestrial amber in China

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