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New Fossils of Eoptychopteridae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China
Author(s) -
HAO Jianying,
REN Dong,
SHIH Chungkun
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00022.x
Subject(s) - china , inner mongolia , genus , gigantea , geography , biology , paleontology , zoology , archaeology , botany
Three new species of the extinct genus of Eoptychopterina from the Eoptychopteridae family, Eoptychopterina antica sp. nov., Eoptychopterina adnexa sp. nov., and Eoptychopterina mediata sp. nov., are described and illustrated. These three new species are established based on fossil specimens with bodies and complete wings. All were collected from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Based on the new materials, the name of two species in Eoptychopterina from China— Eoptychopterina elenae Ren and Krzeminski and Eoptychopterina gigantea Zhang—is sysnonymum Junius.