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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 4: August 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-30
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.4.13
Page range: 539-553
Abstract views: 239
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Burmaculex (Diptera: Culicidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the first description of a male and three new species

Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Piłsudskiego,Wita Stwosza 4659, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Piłsudskiego,Wita Stwosza 4659, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, 71000 Ostrava, Czech Republic
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Culicoidea mosquito fossil inclusion Burmaculicinae Myanmar Diptera Culicidae

Abstract

Both sexes of Burmaculex porczynskii sp. nov. and females of Bu. edwardsi sp. nov. and Bu. harbachi sp. nov. from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber are described and illustrated. A male of Burmaculex Borkent & Grimaldi, 2004 is described for the first time. Priscoculex Poinar et al., 2019 is recognized as a junior synonym of Burmaculex, syn. nov. Paleoculicis Poinar et al., 2000, represented by Pa. minutus Poinar et al., 2000 from Upper Cretaceous Canadian amber, is placed in the subfamily Burmaculicinae. The taxonomic position of the oldest true mosquitoes of the subfamily Burmaculicinae is discussed.

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