| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Culicoides speciosus
Taxonomy
Ceratopogon speciosus was named by Meunier (1904). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
It was recombined as Culicoides (Oecacta) speciosus by Szadziewski (1988); it was recombined as Culicoides speciosus by Szadziewski (1993), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Sontag and Szadziewski (2011), Borkent (2013), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).
It was recombined as Culicoides (Oecacta) speciosus by Szadziewski (1988); it was recombined as Culicoides speciosus by Szadziewski (1993), Borkent and Wirth (1997), Sontag and Szadziewski (2011), Borkent (2013), Pielowska et al. (2018), Szadziewski (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Ceratopogon speciosus Meunier p. 240 |
| 1988 | Culicoides (Oecacta) speciosus Szadziewski p. 33 figs. 21-32 |
| 1993 | Culicoides speciosus Szadziewski p. 607 fig. 2 |
| 1997 | Culicoides speciosus Borkent and Wirth p. 82 |
| 2011 | Culicoides speciosus Sontag and Szadziewski p. 784 |
| 2013 | Culicoides speciosus Borkent p. 100 |
| 2018 | Culicoides speciosus Pielowska et al. p. 241 |
| 2018 | Culicoides speciosus Szadziewski p. 225 |
| 2020 | Culicoides speciosus Borkent and Dominiak p. 141 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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 speciosus Meunier 1904
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
| Source: c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Ceratopogon speciosus (123927) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Culicoides speciosus (113621 122997) | |
| Priabonian | Denmark | Culicoides speciosus (123762) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Culicoides speciosus (129227 129228) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Culicoides speciosus (120813 154301) |