New species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Myanmar amber, Upper Cretaceous
Abstract
A new species of Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 1860, Dicranoptycha plicativa sp. nov., and a unassigned species are illustrated and described from Myanmar (Burmese) amber (lowermost Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous). A complete list of fossil species of the genus Dicranoptycha is summarized. In addition, an updated key to the known fossil species of the Dicranoptycha is provided.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- March 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.017
- Bibcode:
- 2016CrRes..58...42G
- Keywords:
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- Dicranoptycha;
- Limoniinae;
- Tipuloidea;
- Crane fly;
- Taxonomy