Austroconops Explained

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

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:

• Austroconops annettae
• †Austroconops asiaticus
• †Austroconops borkenti
• †Austroconops fossilis
• †Austroconops gladius
• †Austroconops gondwanicus
• Austroconops mcmillani
• †Austroconops megaspinus
• †Austroconops perrichoti
• †Austroconops sibiricus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austroconops Wirth & Lee, 1959 . www.gbif.org . 1 July 2021 . en.
2. Borkent . Art . Craig . Douglas A. . 23 August 2004 . Austroconops Wirth and Lee, a Lower Cretaceous Genus of Biting Midges Yet Living in Western Australia: a New Species, First Description of the Immatures and Discussion of Their Biology and Phylogeny (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) . American Museum Novitates . en . 3449 . 1–67 . 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)449<0001:AWALAL>2.0.CO;2 . 0003-0082.