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The first Psychodidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the lower Eocene Fushun amber of China

Wang Bo, Zhang Haichun and Dany Azar
The first Psychodidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the lower Eocene Fushun amber of China
Journal of Paleontology (November 2011) 85 (6): 1154-1159

Abstract

Trichomyia duckhousei, a new species belonging to Psychodidae Trichomyiinae, is characterized and described based on a well-preserved specimen from the lower Eocene Fushun amber of China. It shares some similarities with Trichomyia of Group B, but has some features present in the fossil record but not in Recent taxa, such as non-eccentric flagellomeres and long legs. This discovery represents the first Trichomyiinae (Psychodidae) from the Fushun amber, and adds more evidence on the very high palaeodiversity of the psychodids since at least the middle Cretaceous. An updated check list of fossil Trichomyiinae is given.


ISSN: 0022-3360
EISSN: 1937-2337
Coden: JPALAZ
Serial Title: Journal of Paleontology
Serial Volume: 85
Serial Issue: 6
Title: The first Psychodidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the lower Eocene Fushun amber of China
Affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing, China
Pages: 1154-1159
Published: 201111
Text Language: English
Publisher: Paleontological Society, Lawrence, KS, United States
References: 42
Accession Number: 2011-103579
Categories: Invertebrate paleontology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 1 table, sketch map
N41°49'60" - N41°49'60", E123°54'00" - E123°54'00"
Secondary Affiliation: Lebanese University, LBN, Lebanon
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, The Paleontological Society. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 201152
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