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Culicoides brisaci

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Devalquia brisaci was named by Choufani and Nel (2013). Its type specimen is IGR.PLC-1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Piolenc amber, which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in France.

It was recombined as Culicoides brisaci by Szadziewski et al. (2016), Szadziewski (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Devalquia brisaci Choufani and Nel p. 76 figs. 1-7
2016Culicoides brisaci Szadziewski et al. p. 2
2018Culicoides brisaci Szadziewski p. 223
2020Culicoides brisaci Borkent and Dominiak p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyCeratopogoninae
tribeCulicoidini
genusCulicoidesLatreille 1809
speciesbrisaci()

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.

Culicoides brisaci Choufani and Nel 2013
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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 Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Devalquia brisaci (type locality: 152462)