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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava was named by Borkent (1997). Its type specimen is SMNS UB-1-WK-1, an exoskeleton (adult male), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ajka amber (SMNS collection), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava Borkent p. 4 figs. 1F-K
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava Borkent p. 14
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava Szadziewski p. 224
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) clava Borkent and Dominiak p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
orderDiptera
infraorderCulicomorpha
superfamilyChironomoideaMacquart 1838
familyCeratopogonidae
subfamilyLeptoconopinaeNoe 1907
genusLeptoconops
subgenusLeptoconops
speciesclava

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
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