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New Eoptychoptera (Insecta: Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain
Abstract
A new species, Eoptychoptera cantabrica sp. nov. is described from the Albian El Soplao amber-bearing deposits based on a single male with an elongated proboscis, unknown among extant members of Ptychopteridae. It represents the youngest record of the species-diverse genus Eoptychoptera. A pupa of Eoptychoptera sp. with a long respiratory horn, typical of extant ptychopterids, is described from Las Hoyas limestones, where adult fossil...
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Title
New Eoptychoptera (Insecta: Diptera, Ptychopteridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain
Published Date
Mar 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
58
Pages
254 - 264
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