Gedanohelea, Szadziewski, 1988

Stebner, Frauke, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Wang, Bo, 2016, Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Fushun amber reveal further biotic links between Asia and Europe during the Eocene, Palaeontologia Electronica 31 (9), pp. 1-9 : 3-4

Genus GEDANOHELEA Szadziewski, 1988

Type Species. Gedanohelea loewi Szadziewski, 1988 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Very small predatory biting midges characteristic in having a broad wing with large anal lobe, single small radial cell, media petiolate, with M 1 bowed upward distally and reaching wing margin distinctly anterad of wing tip, tarsi short, and female claws long and single.

Distribution and Age. Fossil genus including Gedanohelea wirthi , Gedanohelea succinea , and Gedanohelea loewi described from Eocene Baltic

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amber ( Szadziewski, 1988). Reported from Eocene Asia for the first time herein.