Austroconops asiaticus Szadziewski 2004 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 2004. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Burmese amber, Myanmar. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2:115-121

Belongs to Austroconops according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Szadziewski 2004 and Szadziewski 2018

Sister taxa: Austroconops borkenti, Austroconops fossilis, Austroconops gladius, Austroconops gondwanicus, Austroconops megaspinus, Austroconops perrichoti, Austroconops sibiricus

Type specimen: BMNH In.20173(4), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH)

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