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Issue: Vol. 3599 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.1.5
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 41
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New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber

Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17; 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Department of Environmental Biology, Rzeszów University, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland
Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Collections Centre, National Museums Scotland, 242 West Granton Road, Edinburgh, EH5 1JA, UK
Diptera new genus new species Podemacrochile gen. nov. Macrochile hornei sp. nov. fossil Diptera

Abstract

Macrochile hornei sp. nov. from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) is described and illustrated. Podemacrochile gen. nov. is described with Podemacrochile baltica (Podenas, 1997) as type species. A key to the genera and species of Tanyderidae known from Baltic amber is presented.

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