Burmaculex
Extinct genus of insect
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Burmaculex is an extinct genus of mosquito found fossilised in Burmese amber dating from the Cretaceous period, believed to date from 95 million years ago.[1] The genus and species were described in 2004 by Art Borkent and David A. Grimaldi.[2]
| Burmaculex Temporal range: Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | †Burmaculex Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004 | |
| Species | |
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Cladogram after Azar et al. (2023),[3] although Libanoculex is later confirmed as member of Chaoboridae and not a mosquito.[4]
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