Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Alternative combination: Leptoconops daugeroni

Full reference: J. Choufani, D. Azar, and A. Nel. 2011. Taxonomic names, in The genus Leptoconops Skuse (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Early Cretaceous Charentese amber. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 91:285-291

Belongs to Leptoconops (Leptoconops) according to A. Borkent and P. Dominiak 2020

See also Borkent 2013, Choufani et al. 2011 and Szadziewski 2018

Sister taxa: Leptoconops (Leptoconops) boreus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) burmiticus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) curvachelus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) ellenbergeri, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) gravesi, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) nosopheris, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rossi, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) sibiricus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) subrossicus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) succineus, Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini

Type specimen: MNHN IGR.ARC-182.3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Charentese amber, Archingeay-Les-Nouillers, subunit A1sl-A

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