Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A biting male mosquito from Lebanese amber

Posted by John Carr on 07-12-2023 14:24
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"Here, we report the discovery, in Lower Cretaceous amber from Lebanon, of two conspecific male mosquitoes unexpectedly with piercing mouthparts, armed with denticulate sharp mandibles and laciniae. These male fossils were likely hematophagous."

https://doi.org/1...023.10.047

Some of the basal Chironomidae are also bloodsuckers.