Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Abstract
Avenaphora gallica sp. nov., second representative of this dolichopodid genus, and Cretomicrophorus piolencensis sp. nov., third representative of this genus, are described from a new lower Santonian amber outcrop in Southern France. The relationships of Avenaphora in the Empidoidea are discussed. Avenaphora gallica and Cretomicrophorus piolencensis were found in a marine littoral swamp palaeoenvironment, as for many modern Parathalassiinae.
- Publication:
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Cretaceous Research
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009
- Bibcode:
- 2017CrRes..69....1N
- Keywords:
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- Diptera;
- Empidoidea;
- Cretaceous amber;
- sp. nov.;
- Palaeoecology