The earliest fossil mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae), in mid-cretaceous Burmese amber

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 882-888

  Borkent, Art ^a   Grimaldi, David A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Burmese; Cretaceous; Culicidae; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; MOSQUITO; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ALBIA; BARMACULEX ANTIQUUS; CHAOBORIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144230536     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0882:TEFMDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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