Leptoconops gravesi
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Order: | Diptera
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Subgenus: | Leptoconops
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Species: | L. gravesi
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Leptoconops gravesi Choufani et al., 2014
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Leptoconops gravesi is an extinct species of biting midge belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Late Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France. The piece of amber containing the holotype specimen also preserved a scelionine wasp and an earwig nymph.[1]
This species was named in honor of Didier Graves, the collector of the holotype specimen.[1]
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Categories:
- Insects described in 2014
- Leptoconops
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Nematoceran flies of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 2014
- Prehistoric Diptera
- Chironomoidea stubs
- Cretaceous insect stubs