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Issue: Vol. 3866 No. 1: 22 Sept. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.1.8
Page range: 138–144
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

Notoatherix antiqua gen. et sp. nov., first fossil water snipe fly from the Late Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Athericidae)

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, P.O. Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 Australia.
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, P.O. Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601 Australia.
Brachycera Tabanomorpha Talbragar Fish Bed new genus new species fossil insects

Abstract

The first water snipe fly (Diptera: Tabanomorpha) fossil discovered in the Late Jurassic Talbragar Fish Bed in Australia is described and illustrated. Notoatherix antiqua gen. et sp. nov., described from a single wing specimen, is assigned to the family Athericidae based on the diagnostic feature of this family: the vein R2+3 ending very near to R1 (marginal cell closed). It is the first record of Athericidae from Australia and the oldest adult record of this family worldwide.