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.
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.581.7180 http://fossilinsects.net/pdfs/Nazar163_168.pdf |