Burmaculex

Burmaculex is an extinct monotypic genus of mosquito found fossilised in Burmese amber dating from the Cretaceous period, believed to date from 95 million years ago.^[1] The genus and species were described in 2004 by Art Borkent and David A. Grimaldi.^[2]

Burmaculex Temporal range: Cretaceous, 95 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Genus:	†Burmaculex Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004
Species:	†B. antiquus
Binomial name
†Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004
Other species
B. edwardsi

Cladogram after Azar et al. (2023):^[3]

	Corethrellidae
	Chaoboridae
	†Libanoculex intermedius (Lebanese amber) †Burmaculex antiquus Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004 (Burmese amber)[2] Crown Culicidae