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A new Eocene Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2018

Wiesław Krzemiński ,
Iwona Kania  and
Maciej Wojtoń
Wiesław Krzemiński
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland. Email: krzeminski@muzeum.pan.krakow.pl
Iwona Kania*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland. Email: ikania@univ.rzeszow.pl
Maciej Wojtoń
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland. Email: ikania@univ.rzeszow.pl
*
*Corresponding author
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Abstract

A new species of the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber is characterised, illustrated and described. This finding represents the second fossil of the subgenus Melanolimonia. The morphological features of the new species and the morphology comparison with its closest fossil relatives are discussed.

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Crane-fliesfossil insectsmorphologynew speciestaxonomy

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 107 , Issue 2-3: Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber , June 2016 , pp. 271 - 277
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