The first trichomyiine from Burmese Cretaceous amber (Diptera, Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae)
Abstract
A new genus and species of Trichomyiinae (Axenotrichomyia boisteli) is described herein from Burmese Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber. This new taxon is characterized, illustrated, and its taxonomic position is discussed. This discovery sheds new light for the understanding of the palaeobiodiversity of this group.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.10.011
- Bibcode:
- 2015CrRes..53...48A
- Keywords:
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- Trichomyiinae;
- Psychodidae;
- Axenotrichomyia;
- Myanmar;
- Amber;
- Cretaceous;
- Cenomanian;
- gen. nov.;
- sp. nov