A remarkable new species of Ogcodes (Diptera, Acroceridae) in Dominican amber

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3127

By

Grimaldi, David A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1995

Notes

Caption title.

"April 6, 1995."

"Four specimens of a distinctive new species of acrocerine fly are described as Ogcodes exotica, preserved in Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic. The fossil species appears most closely related to several Old World species of Ogcodes, based on distinctive, clavate hind tibiae and tergal mounds (structure of the antennae and wing venation unquestionably places it in the cosmopolitan genus Ogcodes). However, features of its cervical region are found in the African genera Meruia and Sabroskya"--P. [1].

Subjects

Acroceridae, Fossil , Amber fossils , Dominican Republic , Insects, Fossil , Ogcodes exotica

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3127, 1995

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 32344820