Paleopsychoda zherikhini, a new Cretaceous species of moth flies from Taimyr amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae

Paleopsychoda zherikhini sp. n. is described from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Taimyr (Siberia, Russia). The discovery of this psychodid fly shows a broad distribution of this genus in the Early and Late Cretaceous and improves our knowledge of the biodiversity and the evolution of moth flies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dany Azar, Carolle Adaymeh, Nathalie Jreich
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Zhdanikha
amber
Taimyr
Siberia
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.7180
http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Nazar163_168.pdf
Description
Summary:Paleopsychoda zherikhini sp. n. is described from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Taimyr (Siberia, Russia). The discovery of this psychodid fly shows a broad distribution of this genus in the Early and Late Cretaceous and improves our knowledge of the biodiversity and the evolution of moth flies.

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