New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin
A new genus and two new species of bee flies are described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris basin: Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. (Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae) and Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. (Mythicomyiidae). Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. represents the oldest fossil r...
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Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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| description | A new genus and two new species of bee flies are described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris basin: Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. (Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae) and Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. (Mythicomyiidae). Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. represents the oldest fossil record of Bombyliidae. It is closely related to the two modern genera Dolichomyia WIEDEMANN 1830 and Zaclava HULL 1973 (Toxophorinae: Systropodini). This discovery suggests that the present Gondwanan distribution of the Systropodini is an artefact related to the climatic changes in the Tertiary. Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. appears to be more closely related to the Baltic amber species P. succineus HENNIG 1969 than to the Upper Cretaceous amber P. rohdendorfi ZAITZEV 1986. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c2aafa7b34a41bd815b84d1fbede0fe2023-10-20T07:07:47ZengUniversitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Geologica Acta1696-57282004-01-012110.1344/105.000001635New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris BasinAndré Nel0Gaėl De Ploëg1Laboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie and CNRS UMR 8569, Muséum National d’Histoire NaturelleA new genus and two new species of bee flies are described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris basin: Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. (Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae) and Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. (Mythicomyiidae). Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. represents the oldest fossil record of Bombyliidae. It is closely related to the two modern genera Dolichomyia WIEDEMANN 1830 and Zaclava HULL 1973 (Toxophorinae: Systropodini). This discovery suggests that the present Gondwanan distribution of the Systropodini is an artefact related to the climatic changes in the Tertiary. Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. appears to be more closely related to the Baltic amber species P. succineus HENNIG 1969 than to the Upper Cretaceous amber P. rohdendorfi ZAITZEV 1986.https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1834 |
| spellingShingle | André Nel Gaėl De Ploëg New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin Geologica Acta |
| title | New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin |
| title_full | New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin |
| title_fullStr | New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin |
| title_short | New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin |
| title_sort | new fossil bee flies diptera bombylioidea in the lowermost eocene amber of the paris basin |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1834 |
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