Austroconops

Austroconops is a genus of flies belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae (no-see-ums or biting midges).^[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Diptera

Family:Ceratopogonidae

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Austroconops Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily:	Leptoconopinae
Genus:	Austroconops Wirth & Lee, 1959
Type species
Austroconops mcmillani Wirth & Lee, 1959

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Though the genus is currently restricted to Australia, fossil members are known from the Cretaceous of Eurasia. According to cladistic analysis, A. mcmillani and A. annettae are sister species, with the fossil species being more basal lineages.^[2]

Species:^[1]

• Austroconops annettae Borkent, 2004
• †Austroconops asiaticus Szadziewski, 2004
• †Austroconops borkenti Szadziewski & Schlüter, 1992
• †Austroconops fossilis Szadziewski, 1996
• †Austroconops gladius Borkent, 2000
• †Austroconops gondwanicus Szadziewski, 1996
• Austroconops mcmillani Wirth & Lee, 1959
• †Austroconops megaspinus Borkent, 2000
• †Austroconops perrichoti Dominiak, Szadziewski & Nel, 2018
• †Austroconops sibiricus Szadziewski, 1996