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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus was named by Borkent (1995). Its type specimen is CAS 792, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Borkent p. 30 fig. 1
1997Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Borkent and Wirth p. 20
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Borkent p. 15
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Szadziewski p. 224
2019Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Borkent p. 38 figs. 5C, 9E
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) primaevus Borkent and Dominiak p. 39

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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
speciesprimaevus

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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