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Non Biting Midge
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By Ramon
Taxonomy
Non biting midge
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Genus: Indet.
Species: Indet.
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Stratigraphy
Prussian Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 5 mm
Width: 2 mm
Height: 5 mm
Location
Baltic Sea of Russia
Russia
Comments
This specimen came from the Baltic Sea of Russia. There are two male non biting midges present in the specimen. Their from the Eocene about 44 million years ago. Photo taken with microscope at 40x magnification.
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