Culex damnatorum
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| Culex damnatorum | |
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| Illustration of the type specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Genus: | Culex |
| Species: | †C. damnatorum |
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| †Culex damnatorum Scudder, 1890 | |
Culex damnatorum is an extinct species of mosquito belonging to the genus Culex, living 33.9-56 million years ago during the Cenozoic and Eocene.[1] It is known from three female specimens collected in Green River, Wyoming.[2]
The body of C. damnatorum is 6 mm in length, the thorax being 1.8 mm. Antennae are 2 mm and the stout proboscis is 1.9 mm.[2]