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Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini

Insecta - Diptera - Ceratopogonidae

Taxonomy
Leptoconops zherikhini was named by Szadziewski and Arillo (2003). Its type specimen is MCNA 9176, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini by Borkent (2013), Szadziewski (2018) and Borkent and Dominiak (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Leptoconops zherikhini Szadziewski and Arillo p. 273 figs. 1-6
2008Leptoconops zherikhini Arillo et al. p. 37 figs. Pl 1, fig f; text-fig 5
2013Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Borkent p. 15
2018Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini Szadziewski p. 221
2020Leptoconops (Leptoconops) zherikhini 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
specieszherikhini()

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) zherikhini Szadziewski and Arillo 2003
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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: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Leptoconops zherikhini (type locality: 108769)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Aragón) Leptoconops zherikhini (91626)