Leptoconops nosopheris
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Leptoconops_nosopheris
Leptoconops nosopheris is an extinct species of biting midges belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Burmese amber from the Early Cretaceous. The amber containing the fossil was mined in the Hukawng Valley, in Kachin State, Myanmar The female type specimen was entrapped in amber shortly after ingesting a meal of blood. This blood was infected with a mass of parasitic trypanosomes, , which were also preserved. L. nosopheris is the first species of Leptonocops to be associated with trypanosomes.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Leptoconops nosopheris
xsd:integer
53625150
xsd:integer
1047868150
rdf:langString
Poinar, 2008
rdf:langString
Leptoconops
rdf:langString
Holotype in Burmese amber
rdf:langString
nosopheris
rdf:langString
Leptoconops nosopheris is an extinct species of biting midges belonging to the family Ceratopogonidae. This species was described from fossilized remains preserved in Burmese amber from the Early Cretaceous. The amber containing the fossil was mined in the Hukawng Valley, in Kachin State, Myanmar The female type specimen was entrapped in amber shortly after ingesting a meal of blood. This blood was infected with a mass of parasitic trypanosomes, , which were also preserved. L. nosopheris is the first species of Leptonocops to be associated with trypanosomes. The species name nosopheris is from the Greek words nosos, meaning disease, and phero, meaning to carry or bear.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
1878