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Issue: Vol. 8 No. 5: October 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.8.5.14
Page range: 578-586
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A new species of Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826 (Diptera, Rhagionidae) from Baltic amber

College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China
School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Conservation and Application in Biodiversity of South China, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China
College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Brachycera snipe fly Middle Eocene Baltic amber Diptera Rhagionidae

Abstract

A new species of rhagionid fly, Chrysopilus perseverans sp. nov., is described from middle Eocene Baltic amber. Based on the key provided by Kerr (2010), the new species can be attributed to the genus Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826 due to the following diagnostic characters: antennae with a long terminal arista, dense microsetae on arista, holoptic male eyes, setose anepisternum and laterotergite, and macrosetae on forefemur. A checklist of named species of fossil rhagionids is provided.

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