A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE)
Abstract Cretonomyia pristina new genus and new species, a fossil fly in amber from Cedar Lake, Manitoba, is described and assigned to the Ironomyiidae. This fossil establishes that the family, heretofore known from a single Australian species, Ironomyia nigromaculata White, existed during Mesozoic...
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crcambridgeupr:10.4039/ent105105-1 2023-05-15T14:06:56+02:00 A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) McAlpine, J. F. 1973 http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent105105-1 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00021131 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Canadian Entomologist volume 105, issue 1, page 105-111 ISSN 0008-347X 1918-3240 Insect Science Molecular Biology Physiology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Structural Biology journal-article 1973 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.4039/ent105105-1 2022-05-11T14:51:21Z Abstract Cretonomyia pristina new genus and new species, a fossil fly in amber from Cedar Lake, Manitoba, is described and assigned to the Ironomyiidae. This fossil establishes that the family, heretofore known from a single Australian species, Ironomyia nigromaculata White, existed during Mesozoic times in North America. Comparison of the extinct species with the living species shows that the family appeared little different 73 million years ago than it does today. In points of difference, the fossil species usually shows the more primitive conditions. It is postulated that the family arose in North America in late Jurassic – early Cretaceous times, dispersed to South America late in the Cretaceous Period and thence to Australia via Antarctica while the latter three were contiguous — 43 million years ago. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Cambridge University Press (via Crossref) The Canadian Entomologist 105 1 105 111 |
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Abstract Cretonomyia pristina new genus and new species, a fossil fly in amber from Cedar Lake, Manitoba, is described and assigned to the Ironomyiidae. This fossil establishes that the family, heretofore known from a single Australian species, Ironomyia nigromaculata White, existed during Mesozoic times in North America. Comparison of the extinct species with the living species shows that the family appeared little different 73 million years ago than it does today. In points of difference, the fossil species usually shows the more primitive conditions. It is postulated that the family arose in North America in late Jurassic – early Cretaceous times, dispersed to South America late in the Cretaceous Period and thence to Australia via Antarctica while the latter three were contiguous — 43 million years ago. |
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A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) |
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A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) |
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A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) |
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A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) |
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A FOSSIL IRONOMYIID FLY FROM CANADIAN AMBER (DIPTERA: IRONOMYIIDAE) |
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fossil ironomyiid fly from canadian amber (diptera: ironomyiidae) |
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