Leptoconops zherikhini
Leptoconops zherikhini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
Genus: | Leptoconops |
Species: | L. zherikhini
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Binomial name | |
Leptoconops zherikhini Szadziewski & Arillo, 2003
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Leptoconops zherikhini is an extinct species of biting midges belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Lower Cretaceous amber from Álava, Spain. These fossils represents the earliest known occurrence of extant genus Leptoconops.[1]
This species was named in honor of Russian entomologist Vladimir Zherikhin.[1]
References[]
Categories:
- Insects described in 2003
- Fossil taxa described in 2003
- Leptoconops
- Prehistoric insects of Europe
- Nematoceran flies of Europe
- Prehistoric Diptera
- Chironomoidea stubs
- Cretaceous insect stubs