Robber flies in Cretaceous ambers (Insecta, Diptera, Asilidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Cretaceous robber flies

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3799

By

Dikow, Torsten, 1975-
Grimaldi, David A.

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2014]

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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, [dagger]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, [dagger]Cretagaster raritanensis, new genus and species, preserved as a fragmentary specimen. The amber fossils are placed phylogenetically within Asilidae. Specifically, [dagger]Burmapogon is postulated to be a representative of the clade comprised of (Brachyrhopalinae + Stichopogoninae), while [dagger]Cretagaster is a member of the Leptogastrinae and postulated to be an extinct sister group to (Acronychini + Leptogastrini).

Subjects

Amber fossils , Burma , Burmapogon bruckschi , Cretaceous , Cretagaster raritanensis , Diptera, Fossil , Insects, Fossil , Myitkyinā Region , New Jersey , Paleoentomology , Phylogeny , Robber flies , Sayreville

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3799 2014

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 877878486