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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus was named by Borkent (1996). Its type specimen is AMNH NJ-42, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Sunrise landing, East Brunswick, which is in a Turonian terrestrial amber in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 3 figs. 1A-O, 7A
1997Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent and Wirth p. 19
2000Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 456
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Borkent p. 14
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus Szadziewski p. 223
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) copiosus 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
speciescopiosus

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
No diagnoses are available