Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. A New Species of Hemilauxania Hennig (Lauxaniidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise Amber—The Oldest Record of Schizophora (Diptera)? †. Insects2023, 14, 835.
Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. A New Species of Hemilauxania Hennig (Lauxaniidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise Amber—The Oldest Record of Schizophora (Diptera)? †. Insects 2023, 14, 835.
Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. A New Species of Hemilauxania Hennig (Lauxaniidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise Amber—The Oldest Record of Schizophora (Diptera)? †. Insects2023, 14, 835.
Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. A New Species of Hemilauxania Hennig (Lauxaniidae) from the Lower Eocene Oise Amber—The Oldest Record of Schizophora (Diptera)? †. Insects 2023, 14, 835.
Abstract
Hemilauxania parvula sp. nov., a new fossil species of the family Lauxaniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae), is described and illustrated from Oise amber, France (Eocene, lower Ypresian, ca 53 Ma) and its relationship is discussed. Inasmuch as this first finding of a member of Schizophora in Oise amber probably represents the oldest known record of this group of Diptera, the age of Schizophora, based on the known fossil records, is discussed.
Keywords
extinct lauxaniid flies; age of Acalyptratae; Paleogene
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Insect Science
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