New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber

Wiesław Krzeminski; Ewa Krzeminska; Iwona Kania; Andrew J Ross

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.5

New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa. 2013 Jan 3:3599:59-66. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.5.

Authors

Wiesław Krzeminski¹, Ewa Krzeminska², Iwona Kania³, Andrew J Ross⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland.; Email: [email protected].
² Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, S?awkowska 17; 31-016 Kraków, Poland.; Email: [email protected].
³ Department of Environmental Biology, Rzeszów University, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland.; Email: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Collections Centre, National Museums Scotland, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1JA, UK.; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 24583815
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.5

Abstract

Macrochile hornei sp. nov. from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) is described and illustrated. Podemacrochile gen. nov. is described with Podemacrochile baltica (Podenas, 1997) as type species. A key to the genera and species of Tanyderidae known from Baltic amber is presented.

MeSH terms

Amber
Animals
Baltic States
Diptera / anatomy & histology*
Diptera / classification*
Female
Fossils*
Male

Substances

Amber