New Psychodids from the Cretaceous Ambers of Lebanon and France, with a Discussion of Eophlebotomus connectens Cockerell, 1920 (Diptera, Psychodidae)

D. Azar; V. Perrichot; D. Néraudeau; A. Nel

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0117:NPFTCA]2.0.CO;2

1 March 2003 New Psychodids from the Cretaceous Ambers of Lebanon and France, with a Discussion of Eophlebotomus connectens Cockerell, 1920 (Diptera, Psychodidae)

D. Azar, V. Perrichot, D. Néraudeau, A. Nel

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Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 96(2):117-126 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0117:NPFTCA]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Two new psychodid flies, Eophlebotomus gezei sp. nov. and E. carentonensis sp. nov., are described from Lebanese and French Lower Cretaceous ambers. They are considered here to form part of the same genus as the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, Eophlebotomus connectens Cockerell, 1920. These discoveries allow the description of the antenna and male genitalia of this enigmatic genus. Although the new species of Eophlebotomus share numerous characters with the Phlebotominae, especially the male genital structures, we retain this genus in the stem-group of the Sycoracinae and Trichomyiinae.

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D. Azar, V. Perrichot, D. Néraudeau, and A. Nel "New Psychodids from the Cretaceous Ambers of Lebanon and France, with a Discussion of Eophlebotomus connectens Cockerell, 1920 (Diptera, Psychodidae)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96(2), 117-126, (1 March 2003). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0117:NPFTCA]2.0.CO;2

Received: 16 September 2002; Accepted: 1 November 2002; Published: 1 March 2003

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