Pseudochironomini SAETHER 1977
- Dataset
- Wanted, tracked down and identified: Mesozoic non-biting midges of the subfamily Chironominae (Chironomidae, Diptera)
- Rank
- TRIBE
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Chironomidae
description
(FIG. 3 A – H) Material examined: PIN No. 3130 / 223: adult male (severely damaged, head and both forelegs missing) preserved in a 2.9 × 2.4 × 0.9 - mm piece of the Taimyr amber (Yantardakh, Taimyr Peninsula, Russia; Kheta Formation, Santonian, Late Cretaceous; Fig. 3 A). Description [adult male (N = 1)] Total length: Only thorax (~ 610 µm long) and abdomen preserved (~ 1095 mm long); wing length: ~ 1000 µm (arculus not visible).