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Issue: Vol. 1645 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1645.1.1
Page range: 1–17
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

The oldest Calosargus Mostovski, 1997 from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Brachycera: Archisargidae)

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Diptera Archisargidae Calosargus Middle Jurassic new species China

Abstract

The family Archisargidae is an endemic Jurassic group. So far, 23 described species in 8 genera have been found in Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. Calosargus Mostovski, 1997 is a small genus with 2 subgenera and 3 species from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan. In this paper, 6 new species from the Middle Jurassic of China that belong to Calosargus (Calosargus) are described. They are the oldest known members in this genus. A key to the species of the genus Calosargus is given.

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