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Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004

Edited by Ralph Harbach on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 22:14
Age: 

Mesozoic, Cretaceous, Turonian to Cenomanian (89.3-99.6 Mya), perhaps to Late Albian (≈100 Mya).

Type data: 

Holotype ♀, near Tanai, Kachin Province, Myanmar (Burmese amber).

Depository: 

American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA.

Note: 

Burmaculex antiquus is the oldest fossil mosquito. It is the only culicid that has a short proboscis (about one-third the length of the antennae) and lacks scales (except on the posterior margin of the wing) (Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004).

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