Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Synonym: Austroconopinae Borkent et al. 1987
Parent taxon: Ceratopogonidae according to R. Szadziewski et al. 2026
See also Borkent 2013, Borkent and Dominiak 2020, Borkent et al. 1987, Borkent and Wirth 1997, Choufani et al. 2015, Choufani et al. 2014, Dominiak et al. 2018, Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2011, Pielowska et al. 2018, Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023, Szadziewski 1988, Szadziewski 1990, Szadziewski 1996, Szadziewski et al. 2015, Szadziewski et al. 2015 and Szadziewski and Schlüter 1992
Sister taxa: Adelohelea, Alautunmyia, Archiculicoides, Atriculicoidinae, Ceratopogon crassipalpis, Ceratopogon madagascariensis, Ceratopogon tenuipes, Ceratopogon viscatus, Ceratopogoninae, Forcipomyiinae, Gerontodacus, Heleageron, Lebanoculicoidinae, Protoculicoides, Simulia pasithea, Simulium terribilis, Sinopogonitinae, Bezziinae
Subtaxa: Archiaustroconops Austroconops Baskintoconops Fossileptoconops Jordanoconops Leptoconops Minyohelea
Type: Leptoconops
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), France (1), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (6: Alberta, Manitoba), Ecuador (1), France (3), Hungary (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (10), Myanmar (4), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 42 collections including 104 occurrences