Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber

One new subfamily, four new genera and 10 new species of Psychodidae are described from Burmese amber which significantly increases our knowledge about this group in the Cretaceous. Protopsychodinae n. subfam. probably represents the oldest known ancestor of modern Psychodinae and includes three spe...

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Main Authors: Frauke Stebner, Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer, Sergio Ibáñez-Bernal, Rüdiger Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1254.pdf