Title
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.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2014]
Notes
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"April 21, 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
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Burmapogon bruckschi
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Cretaceous
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Cretagaster raritanensis
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Diptera, Fossil
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Insects, Fossil
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Myitkyinā Region
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New Jersey
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Paleoentomology
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Phylogeny
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Robber flies
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Sayreville
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3799 2014
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
877878486
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