Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: A. Borkent. 2001. Leptoconops (Diptera: Ceratopohonidae), the earliest extant lineage of biting midge, discovered in 120-122 million-year-old Lebanese amber. American Museum Novitates 3328:1-11

Parent taxon: Leptoconops according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2001 and Borkent 2013

Sister taxon: Leptoconops (Leptoconops)

Subtaxa: Leptoconops (Palaeoconops) amplificatus Leptoconops (Palaeoconops) antiquus

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Type: Leptoconops (Palaeoconops) amplificatus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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