The first representative of Espanoderus and one new species of Similinannotanyderus (Diptera: Tanyderidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

Qiulei Men*, Zhengkun Hu, Luyao Xu

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Abstract

One new species of Espanoderus Skibińska, Krzemiński & Arillo, 2017, Espanoderus orientalis sp. nov. and one new species of Similinannotanyderus Dong, Shih & Ren, 2015a, Similinannotanyderus longitergata sp. nov. from the Burmese mid-Cretaceous amber are described and illustrated. A key to all recorded species of genus Similinannotanyderus is provided. Espanoderus orientalis sp. nov. represents the second record of species in genus Espanoderus and the first record from Burmese amber.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104442
JournalCretaceous Research
Volume111
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Espanoderus
  • Fossil species
  • Paleontology
  • Similinannotanyderus
  • Tanyderidae
  • Taxonomy

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