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Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus was named by Szadziewski (1996). Its type specimen is SMNS C32/33, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Jezzine (SMNS collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon. It is the type species of Lebanoculicoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Szadziewski p. 30 figs. 3a-d; 48a
1997Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Borkent and Wirth p. 137
2000Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Borkent p. 362 figs. 1a-h
2013Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Borkent p. 11
2018Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Szadziewski p. 221
2020Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Borkent and Dominiak p. 34

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyLebanoculicoidinae
genusLebanoculicoides
speciesmesozoicus

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.

†Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus Szadziewski 1996
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Lebanoculicoides mesozoicus (122359 type locality: 124276)