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- Title
Robber flies in Cretaceous ambers (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae).
- Authors
DIKOW, TORSTEN; GRIMALDI, DAVID A.
- Abstract
Cretaceous fossils of Asilidae are reviewed, and two new taxa from Burmese and Raritan (New Jersey) ambers are described. The first robber fly from Burmese amber, ÷Burmapogon bruckschi, new genus and species, is described based on specimens of both sexes. A scientific name is provided for the previously described but unnamed fossil assassin fly from Raritan amber, ÷Cretagaster raritanensis, new genus and species, preserved as a fragmentary specimen. The amber fossils are placed phylogenetically within Asilidae. Specifically, ÷Burmapogon is postulated to be a representative of the clade comprised of (Brachyrhopalinae + Stichopogoninae), while ÷Cretagaster is a member of the Leptogastrinae and postulated to be an extinct sister group to (Acronychini + Leptogastrini).
- Subjects
ROBBER flies; CRETACEOUS Period; FOSSIL diptera; PHYLOGENY; ENTOMOLOGY
- Publication
American Museum Novitates, 2014, Issue 3799/3800, p1
- ISSN
0003-0082
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1206/3799.1