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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 1: February 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.10
Page range: 141-147
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of long-legged flies with a brief review and key to species of the genus Wheelerenomyia Meunier from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo Str. 3, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196608, Russia
Insecta Sciapodinae new taxon new synonymy Diptera Dolichopodidae

Abstract

A new species Wheelerenomyia negrobovi sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the late Eocene Baltic amber. The genus is placed in the extant subfamily Sciapodinae and includes 13 recognized species, all from Baltic amber. A key to species of this genus is proposed. The following new synonyms are proposed: Wheelerenomyia eocenica Meunier, 1907 = Nematoproctus subparvus Meunier, 1916, syn. nov.; Wheelerenomyia originaria (Meunier, 1907) = Amesorhaga quadrispinosa Negrobov & Selivanova, 2003, syn. nov.; Wheelerenomyia parva (Meunier, 1907) = Nematoproctus parvulus Meunier, 1907, syn. nov.

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