†Baskintoconops maaloufi Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023 (biting midge)
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Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae
Full reference: A. Pielowska-Ceranowska. 2023. Taxonomic names, in A new genus and species of Leptoconopinae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Lower Cretaceous Baskinta amber outcrop in Lebanon. European Journal of Taxonomy 908:27-38
Belongs to Baskintoconops according to A. Borkent et al. 2025
See also Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LU QBC-13D, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Baskinta, Qanat Bakish (LU QBC collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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