Jordanoconops weitschati Szadziewski 2000 (biting midge)

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Full reference: R. Szadziewski. 2000. Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Jordan. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 69:251-256

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

See also Borkent 2013, Borkent 2019, Szadziewski 2000 and Szadziewski 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GPIMH 4226, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Jordanian Amber (GPIMH collection), which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in Jordan.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Jordanian Amber (GPIMH collection)

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