A new species of the long-legged fly genus Microphorites in Burmese amber (Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae)

We describe Microphorites pouilloni sp. nov., as first representative of this Cretaceous–Paleogene genus of Dolichopodidae Microphorinae from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The oldest records of this genus of small Diptera are from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanon and Jordan, while the Burmese amber...

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Published inCretaceous research Vol. 107; p. 104284
Main Authors Ngô-Muller, Valerie, Garrouste, Romain, Pouillon, Jean-Marc, Nel, André
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2020
Elsevier
Subjects
Biodiversity
Diptera
Earth Sciences
Empidoidea
Life Sciences
Paleobiogeography
Paleontology
Sciences of the Universe
sp. nov
Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy
Empidoidea
sp. nov
Paleobiogeography
Diptera
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Summary:We describe Microphorites pouilloni sp. nov., as first representative of this Cretaceous–Paleogene genus of Dolichopodidae Microphorinae from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The oldest records of this genus of small Diptera are from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanon and Jordan, while the Burmese amber was probably produced on an island during the mid-Cretaceous, which had separated from Gonwana during the Jusassic. This situation suggests a possible Late Jurassic origin for the genus Microphorites.
ISSN:0195-6671
1095-998X
DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104284