Leptoconops nosopheris
| Leptoconops nosopheris | |
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| Holotype in Burmese amber | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Genus: | Leptoconops |
| Species: | L. nosopheris
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptoconops nosopheris Poinar, 2008
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Leptoconops nosopheris is an extinct species of biting
Burmese amber from the Early Cretaceous. The amber containing the fossil was mined in the Hukawng Valley, in Kachin State, Myanmar[1]
The female type specimen was entrapped in amber shortly after ingesting a
trypanosomes, Paleotrypanosoma burmanicus, which were also preserved. L. nosopheris is the first species of Leptonocops to be associated with trypanosomes.[1]
The species name nosopheris is from the Greek words nosos, meaning disease, and phero, meaning to carry or bear.[1]
References
- ^ PMID 18797760.
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