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A fossil nymphomyiid (Diptera) from the Baltic and Bitterfeld amber
Author(s) -
Wagner R.,
Hoffeins C.,
Hoffeins H. W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2000.025001115.x
Subject(s) - baltic amber , nearctic ecozone , extant taxon , biology , ecology , paleontology , fossil record , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , evolutionary biology
Summary Nymphomyia succina sp.n., the first fossil nymphomyiid fly (Diptera) from the Eocene Baltic and Bitterfeld amber is described and figured, based on four males. A probably conspecific female from the Baltic amber is also described and figured. With the discovery of this species, a gap in the distribution pattern of extant Nymphomyiidae is closed. It is probable that nymphomyiids colonized the eastern Nearctic Region via the Thule landbridge approximately 25–30 million years before present.