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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus was named by Borkent (1996). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-42, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, Sunrise landing, East Brunswick, which is in a Turonian terrestrial amber in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 3 figs. 1A-O, 7A
1997Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent and Wirth p. 19
2000Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 456
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 14
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Szadziewski p. 223
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent and Dominiak p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
subfamilyLeptoconopinaeNoe 1907
genusLeptoconops
subgenusLeptoconops
speciescopiosus

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.

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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Leptoconops copiosus (110895 type locality: 123016)