Neoculicites

Neoculicites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Culicidae
Subfamily:	Culicinae
Genus:	† Neoculicites ; Evenhuis, 1994
Type species
	Neoculicites depereti; (Meunier, 1915)
Species
	Neoculicites arvernensis; Neoculicites ceyx; Neoculicites depereti;

Last updated October 06, 2025

Neoculicites is a genus of extinct mosquitoes.^[1]^[2]^[3] The fossil specimens are N. arverensis and N. depereti from France, and N. ceyx from Germany, all of which are from the Oligocene.^[1]^[3] The quality of the specimens was extremely poor, being described as "worthless, barely preserved remnants which were recognised as mosquitoes".^[4]

References

1 2 Harbach, Ralph (2024-10-28). "Genus Neoculicites Evenhuis, 1994". Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory.
↑ "Neoculicites". PaleoBio Database.
1 2 Evenhuis, N. L. (1994). Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). p. 234. ISBN 90-73348-28-5.
↑ Szadziewski, Ryszard (31 December 1998). "New Mosquitoes from Baltic Amber" (PDF). Polish Journal of Entomology. 67: 233–244.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Harbach, Ralph (2024-10-28). "Genus Neoculicites Evenhuis, 1994". Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory.

[2] "Neoculicites". PaleoBio Database.

[:1-3] 1 2 Evenhuis, N. L. (1994). Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). p. 234. ISBN 90-73348-28-5.

[4] Szadziewski, Ryszard (31 December 1998). "New Mosquitoes from Baltic Amber" (PDF). Polish Journal of Entomology. 67: 233–244.

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