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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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