Neoculicites
Extinct genus of mosquito
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Neoculicites is a genus of extinct mosquitoes.[1][2][3] The fossil specimens are N. arverensis and N. depereti from France, and N. ceyx from Germany, all of which are from the Oligocene.[1][3] The quality of the specimens was extremely poor, being described as "worthless, barely preserved remnants which were recognised as mosquitoes".[4]
| Neoculicites | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Culicidae |
| Subfamily: | Culicinae |
| Genus: | †Neoculicites Evenhuis, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| Neoculicites depereti (Meunier, 1915) | |
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