The Oldest Evolutionary Lineage of Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Limoniidae) and the First Evidence of This Genus in Cretaceous Spanish Amber.

作者信息

Kania-Kłosok Iwona, Krzemiński Wiesław, Kopeć Katarzyna, Arillo Antonio

机构信息

Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland.

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland.

出版信息

Insects. 2021 May 3;12(5):411. doi: 10.3390/insects12050411.

DOI:10.3390/insects12050411

PMID:34063589

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8147636/

Abstract

A new subgenus subgen. nov. of (Diptera, Limoniidae) is established with one new species: () subgen. et sp. nov. This is the first report of the genus in Spanish amber and the first record of the genus from the Lower Cretaceous period. The oldest described species of is compared with other species of the genus with particular reference to those known species from the Upper Cretaceous. A list and key of fossil species of are given.

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