Burmaculex antiquus is an extinct species of mosquito found fossilised in Burmese amber dating from the Cretaceous period, believed to date from 95 million years ago.[1] The genus and species were described in 2004 by Art Borkent and David A. Grimaldi.[2]
Burmaculex antiquus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Culicidae |
Genus: | †Burmaculex Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004 |
Species: | †B. antiquus
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Binomial name | |
†Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004
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Cladogram after Azar et al. (2023):[3]
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