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Mosquito
in Amber

Mosquito in amber - extreme Culicidae

Mosquito in amber

Mosquito in amber, mosquitos are the deadliest known creatures to man.

female mosquito in amber

The mosquito below has an interesting double mouth

mosquito in amber

Culicidae

Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004
Borkent, A. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2004. The earliest fossil mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae), in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97(5): 882-888.
Borkent, A. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. The Cretaceous fossil Burmaculex antiquus confirmed as the earliest known lineage of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa, 4079(4), 457-466.
Harbach, R.E. 2007. The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny. Zootaxa, 1668, 591-638.

Our taxa list is based on the amazing work of Dr Andrew J. Ross who has prepared a newer updated list and kindly offers it for free download
Amber lovers and Paleos can dig up the latest updated version here:
http://www.nms.ac.uk/media/1154465/burmese-amber-taxa-v2017_2.pdf

Popular Pages

Egg in amber
Lots of bird eggs in amber
Bird in amber and bird nest in amber
Birds and bird's nest with eggs in amber
bird head in amber
100 myo Bird head in Amber

Popular Species

Mosquito in amber

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae