amber inclusion archive

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