Austroconops mcmillani
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ceratopogonidae
- Genus: Austroconops
- Species: Austroconops mcmillani
Visual Description
Based on observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Austroconops mcmillani exhibits the characteristic morphology of a small biting midge.[1] The specimens display a slender body structure typical of the family Ceratopogonidae, with delicate, multi-segmented antennae and functional wings. The coloration appears generally muted, consistent with many small dipterans, and the overall body plan shows clear bilateral symmetry.[1]
General Information
Austroconops mcmillani is a species of biting midge within the family Ceratopogonidae. It was described by Wirth and Lee in 1959, in their work on the Australasian Ceratopogonidae, specifically noting the discovery of a new genus from Western Australia that was observed attacking humans.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ceratopogonidae / Austroconops / mcmillani constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austroconops mcmillani Wirth & Lee, 1959. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1633110. Accessed 2026-07-14.