Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera)
The Eocene Baltic amber fossil flies of the genus <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig, 1965 (Diptera: Acalyptratae) are revised. Seven species are recognized and described or redescribed. Five species, <i>A. crassipes</i> sp. nov., <i>A. luridus</i> sp. nov., <i>...
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| description | The Eocene Baltic amber fossil flies of the genus <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig, 1965 (Diptera: Acalyptratae) are revised. Seven species are recognized and described or redescribed. Five species, <i>A. crassipes</i> sp. nov., <i>A. luridus</i> sp. nov., <i>A. rugosus</i> sp. nov., <i>A. tertiaria</i> Hennig, 1965 (type species) and <i>A. willii</i> Pérez-de la Fuente, Hoffeins et Roháček, 2018 are retained in <i>Acartophthalmites</i> while <i>Clusiomites</i> gen. nov. is described for two other species, <i>C. clusioides</i> (Roháček, 2016) comb. nov. (type species) and <i>C. ornatus</i> sp. nov. Relationships of these fossil taxa are discussed and, because they cannot be confidently placed in any known family of Diptera, a new family, Clusiomitidae, is established for them. Clusiomitidae is recognized as a family of Opomyzoidea, probably most closely allied to Clusiidae. These results again confirmed that the diversity of acalyptrate flies was very high in the Mid-late Eocene amber forest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-636ed7ccbedf44a5bdde1c31adba5e4b2023-11-23T08:53:11ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502021-12-011212112310.3390/insects12121123Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera)Jindřich Roháček0Christel Hoffeins1Entomology, Silesian Museum, Nádražní Okruh 31, 746 01 Opava, Czech RepublicLiseistieg 10, D-22149 Hamburg, GermanyThe Eocene Baltic amber fossil flies of the genus <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig, 1965 (Diptera: Acalyptratae) are revised. Seven species are recognized and described or redescribed. Five species, <i>A. crassipes</i> sp. nov., <i>A. luridus</i> sp. nov., <i>A. rugosus</i> sp. nov., <i>A. tertiaria</i> Hennig, 1965 (type species) and <i>A. willii</i> Pérez-de la Fuente, Hoffeins et Roháček, 2018 are retained in <i>Acartophthalmites</i> while <i>Clusiomites</i> gen. nov. is described for two other species, <i>C. clusioides</i> (Roháček, 2016) comb. nov. (type species) and <i>C. ornatus</i> sp. nov. Relationships of these fossil taxa are discussed and, because they cannot be confidently placed in any known family of Diptera, a new family, Clusiomitidae, is established for them. Clusiomitidae is recognized as a family of Opomyzoidea, probably most closely allied to Clusiidae. These results again confirmed that the diversity of acalyptrate flies was very high in the Mid-late Eocene amber forest.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/12/1123extinct acalyptrate fliesancient diversityamber forestPaleogene |
| spellingShingle | Jindřich Roháček Christel Hoffeins Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) Insects extinct acalyptrate flies ancient diversity amber forest Paleogene |
| title | Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) |
| title_full | Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) |
| title_fullStr | Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) |
| title_short | Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of <i>Acartophthalmites</i> Hennig and <i>Clusiomites</i> Gen. Nov. (Diptera) |
| title_sort | clusiomitidae a new family of eocene fossil acalyptratae with revision of i acartophthalmites i hennig and i clusiomites i gen nov diptera |
| topic | extinct acalyptrate flies ancient diversity amber forest Paleogene |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/12/1123 |
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