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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops zherikhini was named by Szadziewski and Arillo (2003). Its type specimen is MCNA 9176, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Leptoconops zherikhini Szadziewski and Arillo p. 273 figs. 1-6
2008Leptoconops zherikhini Arillo et al. p. 37 figs. Pl 1, fig f; text-fig 5
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Borkent p. 15
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Szadziewski p. 221
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Borkent and Dominiak p. 39

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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
specieszherikhini()

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.

†Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Szadziewski and Arillo 2003
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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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Aragón) Leptoconops zherikhini (91626)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Leptoconops zherikhini (type locality: 108769)