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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops myanmaricus was named by Szadziewski (2004). Its type specimen is BMNH IN.20168(6), an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Swinhoe collection, BMNH), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

It was recombined as Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus by Borkent (2013), Szadziewski (2018), Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Leptoconops myanmaricus Szadziewski p. 117 figs. Pl 3, fig 1; text-fig 3
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus Borkent p. 14
2015Leptoconops myanmaricus Szadziewski et al. p. 557 fig. 2
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus Szadziewski p. 222
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) myanmaricus Borkent and Dominiak p. 38

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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
subfamilyLeptoconopinaeNoe 1907
genusLeptoconops
subgenusLeptoconops
speciesmyanmaricus()

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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Leptoconops myanmaricus (type locality: 123020 123054)