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Issue: Vol. 5403 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.8
Page range: 115-129
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First Upper Triassic Diptera (Insecta) from Germany

Borissiak Paleontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow 117647; Russia
Institute of Geography and Geology; University of Greifswald; Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Straβe 17a; D-17487 Greifswald; Germany
Diptera fossil Lower Saxony new taxa Norian Seinstedt wing venation

Abstract

First Upper Triassic dipterans (Nematocera) are described based on isolated wings from Fuchsberg near Seinstedt (Sevatian, uppermost Norian of Lower Saxony, Germany): Crivoptychoptera nebrias gen. et sp. nov. (Psychodomorpha, Ptychopteridae), Ptychopteridae incertae sedis, Dohloboyia triassica gen. et sp. nov. (Bibionomorpha, Boholdoyidae) and Chironomidae incertae sedis (Culicomorpha). All taxa under discussion present the oldest occurrences of their families. Geological background and composition of the Upper Triassic insect fauna of Seinstedt are briefly discussed.

 

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