Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Qingqing Zhang; Xuankun Li; Bingqing Xu; Yimeng Zhu; Ruiqi Lu; Bo Wang; David K. Yeates

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026

Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Qingqing Zhang^*, Xuankun Li, Bingqing Xu, Yimeng Zhu, Ruiqi Lu, Bo Wang, David K. Yeates

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Apsilocephalidae is an enigmatic dipteran family erected by Nagatomi et al. (1991), including three extant genera and three additional extinct genera from the Eocene Baltic amber, Eocene Florissant, and mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. We describe herein two new taxa, Myanmarpsilocephala grimaldii gen. et sp. nov. and Irwinimyia spinosa gen. et sp. nov., from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The female genitalia of Myanmarpsilocephala gen. nov. and male genitalia of Irwinimyia gen. nov. are described and illustrated. The distribution of all Apsilocephalidae species and a key to all genera of Apsilocephalidae is provided. The described diversity of Apsilocephalidae in Burmese amber strongly suggests that apsilocephalid flies diversified at least by the mid-Cretaceous.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	525-532
Number of pages	8
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	84
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.026
Publication status	Published - Apr 2018

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