New Chironomidae (Diptera) with elongate proboscises from the Late Jurassic of Mongolia

By

Lukashevich, Elena
Przhiboro, Andrey

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

130

Pages

307-322

Subjects

Diptera, Chironomidae, fossil, proboscis, feeding,

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.130.1555

 

Abstract

Four new species of Chironomidae with well-developed elongate proboscises are described from a Late Jurassic site Shar Teg in SW Mongolia. These are named Cretaenne rasnicyni sp. n., Podonomius blepharis sp. n., P. macromastix sp. n., ? P. robustus sp. n.