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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops rovnensis was named by Sontag and Szadziewski (2011). Its type specimen is SIZK K-6587, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Rovno Amber, Klesov locality (SIZC K collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Ukraine.

It was recombined as Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis by Borkent (2013), Pielowska et al. (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Leptoconops rovnensis Sontag and Szadziewski p. 780 figs. 1-6
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis Borkent p. 15
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis Pielowska et al. p. 241
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis 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
speciesrovnensis()

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.

†Leptoconops (Leptoconops) rovnensis Sontag and Szadziewski 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Leptoconops rovnensis (type locality: 122997)