First Keroplatidae Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France)

2025/12/31 by Florence Hébert, Valérie Ngô Muller, ANDRÉ NEL · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Diptera species taxonomy and behavior #Fossil Insects in Amber

paper · pdf · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.9

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Abstract

Eokelneria oisensis gen. et sp. nov. a new genus and species of Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae, Robsonomyiini Matile, 1990, is described from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber. It is the oldest accurate record of this tribe, previously only known by several Middle Eocene Baltic amber species in the genera Kelneria Matile, 1979, Micrepimera Matile, 1990, and Robsonomyia Matile & Vockeroth, 1980.

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