Balticalcarus archibaldi Simutnik, gen. et sp. n., is described and illustrated based on a female specimen from late Eocene Baltic amber. The new genus is characterized by the absence of a filum spinosum, a “boat”-shaped hypopygium enclosing the ...
Serguei A. Simutnik +2 more
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Four new crane fly species of the subgenus Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924, T. (V.) medialobata sp. nov. (Yunnan), T. (V.) singularis sp. nov. (Yunnan), T. (V.) cibagouensis sp. nov. (Tibet) and T. (V.) paramonovi sp. nov.
Qiulei Men +2 more
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Sakhalinencyrtus leleji Simutnik gen. et sp. nov. of earliest Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Sakhalinian amber [PDF]
Another earliest representative of the family Encyrtidae, Sakhalinencyrtus leleji Simutnik gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a male specimen from the middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber.
Serguei A. Simutnik +2 more
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A new species of Dolichopus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Sakhalin and designation of lectotype of Dolichopus grunini Smirnov, 1948 [PDF]
A new species Dolichopus vadimi Negrobov, Selivanova et Maslova sp. n. is described from Sakhalin. The type specimens of Dolichopus grunini Smirnov, 1948 were examined and the lectotype is designated. The hypopygium of D.
O.P. Negrobov +2 more
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Protaphycus shuvalikovi Simutnik gen. et sp. nov. (Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae, Encyrtinae) from Rovno amber [PDF]
Protaphycus shuvalikovi Simutnik gen. et sp. nov., the smallest fossil Encyrtidae, is described and illustrated based on female specimen from late Eocene Rovno amber.
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New data on the taxonomy of the group Dolichopus lonchophorus Loew, 1873 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera) [PDF]
Two new species for science Dolichopus zurikovi sp. n. from Georgia and Dolichopus nartshukae sp. n. from Mongolia are described. An redescription of species Dolichopus turkestani Becker, 1917 with the release of neotype and the study of the morphology ...
O.P. Negrobov +2 more
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A new species of Neurigona Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a key to species from Iran and adjacent countries [PDF]
A new long-legged fly species, Neurigona parchamii sp. n., from the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan is described and illustrated. The new species appears to be closely related to N. euchroma Negrobov, 1987 known from Uzbekistan, differing from
I.Ya. Grichanov, E. Gilasian
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The review of species of group Dolichopus salictorum Loew, 1871 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera) [PDF]
Two new species Dolichopus zakhvatkini sp. n. from Azerbaijan and Dolichopus naglisi sp. n. from Tajikistan are described. The type specimens Dolichopus salictorum Loew, 1871 is redescribed, including a study of morphology of the hypopygium.
O.O. Maslova +2 more
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New Cretaceous empidoids and the Mesozoic dance fly revolution (Diptera: Empidoidea)
Abstract Dance flies and relatives (Empidoidea) are a diverse and ecologically important group of Diptera in nearly all modern terrestrial ecosystems. Their fossil record, despite being scattered, attests to a long evolutionary history dating back to the early Mesozoic.
Davide Badano +7 more
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Maritime midge radiations in the Pacific Ocean (Diptera: Chironomidae)
We identify and confirm eight transitions from freshwater to the marine realm in the Chironomidae, based on a fossil‐calibrated phylogenetic framework. We recognise for the first time an unexpected but robust sister group of Pontomyia to be a new clade of exclusively marine species, Yaetanytarsus, forming the sister group to the diverse and global ...
Hongqu Tang +3 more
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