Burmaculex
Extinct genus of insect
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. The genus and species were described in 2004 by Art Borkent and David A. Grimaldi.
Cladogram after Azar et al. (2023), although Libanoculex is later confirmed as member of Chaoboridae and not a mosquito.
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