Ngo-Muller Valerie, Nel Andre
UFR Sciences du Vivant, Université Paris Diderot, Université de Paris, Paris, France. Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB-UMR 7205-CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Université des Antilles, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie, F-75005, Paris, France..
Zootaxa. 2020 Jul 28;4820(2):zootaxa.4820.2.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.10.
Symphoromyia clerci sp. nov. is described from the Eocene Baltic amber. Even if it has nearly all the characters of the extant species of Symphoromyia subgenus Symphoromyia, it differs from these flies in the short scape, as long as the pedicel (at least twice as long in extant taxa). This fossil is twice as large as those that were previously described from the same amber. These taxa need to be revised to verify their generic attribution. Symphoromyia clerci sp. nov. is the second fossil species attributable to this genus on the basis of 'modern' characters. The extant Symphoromyia are frequently hematophagous on mammals, suggesting a similar biology for the Eocene representatives of this genus.
新种克莱氏拟蚊蠓（Symphoromyia clerci sp. nov.）由始新世波罗的海琥珀描述而来。即便它几乎具备拟蚊蠓亚属（Symphoromyia）现存物种的所有特征，但在短触角梗节方面与这些苍蝇不同，其触角梗节长度与柄节相同（在现存分类单元中至少是柄节长度的两倍）。这块化石比之前从同一琥珀中描述的化石大一倍。这些分类单元需要进行修订以核实它们的属级归属。基于“现代”特征，新种克莱氏拟蚊蠓是该属的第二个化石物种。现存的拟蚊蠓经常吸食哺乳动物血液，这表明该属始新世代表物种具有类似的生物学特性。
