Open AccessGedanoleria eocenica – a new genus and species from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Heleomyzidae), with notes on heleomyzid-like flies from African copal
Author(s) -
Andrzej Woźnica
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
polish journal of entomology/polskie pismo entomologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2299-9884
pISSN - 0032-3780
DOI - 10.2478/pjen-2019-0026
Subject(s) - baltic amber , biology , genus , zoology , extant taxon , checklist , key (lock) , ecology , paleontology , evolutionary biology
A new genus and species of a handsome heleomyzid fly, Gedanoleria eocenica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Diptera: Heleomyzidae), is described from Baltic amber. The newly described genus is compared with similar extant and extinct genera. The heleomyzid-like flies described by M eunier from African copal are treated as nomina dubia. A checklist and a key to the genera of Heleomyzidae reported from fossil resins are also provided.