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Leptoconopinae

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Leptoconopinae Noe
1987Austroconopinae Borkent et al. p. 588
1988Leptoconopinae Szadziewski p. 231
1990Leptoconopinae Szadziewski p. 79
1992Austroconopinae Szadziewski and Schlüter p. 78
1996Austroconopinae Szadziewski p. 32
1996Leptoconopinae Szadziewski p. 46
1997Leptoconopinae Borkent and Wirth p. 16
1997Austroconopinae Borkent and Wirth p. 21
2013Leptoconopinae Borkent p. 11
2014Leptoconopinae Choufani et al. p. 35
2015Leptoconopinae Choufani et al. p. 279
2015Leptoconopinae Szadziewski et al. p. 256
2015Leptoconopinae Szadziewski et al. p. 557
2018Leptoconopinae Dominiak et al. p. 232
2018Leptoconopinae Pielowska et al. p. 241
2020Leptoconopinae Borkent and Dominiak p. 35
2023Leptoconopinae Pielowska-Ceranowska p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyLeptoconopinaeNoe 1907
subfamilyLeptoconopinaeNoe 1907

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Leptoconopinae Noe 1907
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G. †Archiaustroconops Szadziewski 1996
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†Archiaustroconops alavensis Szadziewski and Arillo 1998
†Archiaustroconops andersoni Szadziewski et al. 2015
†Archiaustroconops annae Choufani et al. 2015
†Archiaustroconops besti Borkent et al. 2013
†Archiaustroconops borkenti Pérez-de la Fuente et al. 2011
†Archiaustroconops ceratoformis Szadziewski 1996
†Archiaustroconops cretaceous Szadziewski 1996
†Archiaustroconops dominiakae Choufani et al. 2015
†Archiaustroconops gracilis Szadziewski and Poinar 2005
†Archiaustroconops hammanensis Choufani et al. 2015
†Archiaustroconops hamus Borkent 2000
†Archiaustroconops kotejai Szadziewski and Poinar 2005
G. Austroconops Wirth and Lee 1958
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†Austroconops asiaticus Szadziewski 2004
†Austroconops borkenti Szadziewski and Schlüter 1992
†Austroconops fossilis Szadziewski 1996
†Austroconops gladius Borkent 2000
†Austroconops gondwanicus Szadziewski 1996
†Austroconops megaspinus Borkent 2000
†Austroconops perrichoti Dominiak et al. 2018
†Austroconops sibiricus Szadziewski 1996
G. †Baskintoconops Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023
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†Baskintoconops maaloufi Pielowska-Ceranowska 2023
G. †Fossileptoconops Szadziewski 1996
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†Fossileptoconops lebanicus Szadziewski 1996
G. †Jordanoconops Szadziewski 2000
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†Jordanoconops weitschati Szadziewski 2000
G. †Minyohelea Borkent 1995
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†Minyohelea bacula Borkent 2000
†Minyohelea casca Borkent 1997
†Minyohelea falcata Borkent 2000
†Minyohelea lebanica Szadziewski 1996
†Minyohelea minuta Szadziewski 1996
†Minyohelea nexuosa Pielowska-Ceranowska 2021
†Minyohelea pumilis Borkent 1995
†Minyohelea schleei Szadziewski 1996
†Minyohelea wirthi Szadziewski 1996
Invalid names: Lebanoconops Szadziewski 1996 [synonym]
Invalid names: Austroconopinae Borkent et al. 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Priabonian or 139.10000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 137.05 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Archiaustroconops besti (154198)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Austria Minyohelea casca (119479)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Archiaustroconops annae, Archiaustroconops hammanensis, Archiaustroconops dominiakae, Minyohelea nexuosa (122471) Archiaustroconops ceratoformis (124925 154704) Archiaustroconops ceratoformis, Archiaustroconops hamus, Archiaustroconops hammanensis (123416) Baskintoconops maaloufi (229464) Leptoconops amplificatus, Leptoconops antiquus, Austroconops sp., Archiaustroconops ceratoformis, Archiaustroconops szadziewskii, Archiaustroconops hamus, Austroconops gondwanicus, Austroconops fossilis, Minyohelea falcata (123017) Minyohelea nexuosa (229465) Minyohelea sp., Archiaustroconops ceratoformis, Archiaustroconops bocaparvus (124363) Minyohelea sp., Austroconops sp., Archiaustroconops sp., Archiaustroconops ceratoformis, Archiaustroconops szadziewskii, Archiaustroconops hamus, Archiaustroconops bocaparvus, Austroconops gladius, Austroconops fossilis, Austroconops megaspinus, Minyohelea schleei, Minyohelea bacula, Minyohelea lebanica, Minyohelea minuta (122359) Minyohelea sp., Austroconops sp., Fossileptoconops lebanicus, Archiaustroconops ceratoformis, Archiaustroconops hamus, Austroconops cretaceous, Austroconops gondwanicus, Austroconops fossilis, Minyohelea schleei, Lebanoconops lebanicus, Lebanoconops minutus, Lebanoconops wirthi (124276)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) Leptoconops sp. (77192)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Austroconops sp., Archiaustroconops borkenti (109438)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Jordan Archiaustroconops sp., Jordanoconops weitschati (124848)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Leptoconops zherikhini, Archiaustroconops alavensis (108769)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Leptoconops daugeroni, Austroconops perrichoti (99114)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Aragón) Leptoconops zherikhini (91626)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Leptoconops sp., Leptoconops burmiticus, Archiaustroconops gracilis, Archiaustroconops kotejai, Leptoconops subrossicus, Leptoconops nosopheris (104053)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Ceratopogonidae indet. D, Ceratopogonidae indet. C (123019)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Austroconops asiaticus, Leptoconops burmiticus, Leptoconops myanmaricus, Leptoconops rossi (123020) Austroconops sp., Leptoconops myanmaricus, Archiaustroconops sp., Archiculicoides andersoni (123054) Leptoconops ellenbergeri (165560)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation Leptoconops boreus (35051)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Leptoconops sp., Leptoconops gravesi (164386)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Leptoconops copiosus, Leptoconops curvachelus (110895 123016)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Austroconops sibiricus, Leptoconops sibiricus (35056) Leptoconops sp., Austroconops sibiricus (122590)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Hungary Leptoconops clava (119480)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Manitoba) Leptoconops primaevus (122354)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Leptoconops primaevus (104932 122384 122389) Leptoconops primaevus, Minyohelea pumilis (122383) Minyohelea pumilis (122358)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Leptoconops sp. (124463)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Leptoconops sp. (107340)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Leptoconops rovnensis (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Leptoconops succineus (123762)