New Short-Palped Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Mexican Amber

Sigitas Podenas; George O. Poinar

doi:10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.347

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1 August 2012 New Short-Palped Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Mexican Amber

Sigitas Podenas, George O. Poinar

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Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 114(3):347-371 (2012). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.347

Abstract

Eight new species of short-palped crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) are described from Mexican amber: Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowniPodenas and Poinar,Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chiapaPodenas and Poinar, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mexaPodenas and Poinar, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) vella Podenas and Poinar, Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) beataPodenas and Poinar, Erioptera (Mesocyphona) diverPodenas and Poinar, Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) sherryPodenas and Poinar and Helius (Helius) collemusPodenas and Poinar. Additionally, two Limoniidae species belonging to undescribed species of the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 from Mexican amber are characterized. The key for Dicranomyia from Dominican and Mexican amber is added.

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Sigitas Podenas and George O. Poinar "New Short-Palped Crane Flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Mexican Amber," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114(3), 347-371, (1 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.114.3.347

Published: 1 August 2012

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