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Issue: Vol. 1008 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1008.1.5
Page range: 39–45
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 18

A new remarkable Xestomyzinae (Insecta, Diptera, Therevidae) genus from Mexican Amber

Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, 131 N.S.R.C., MC-637, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, U.S.A.
Diptera Therevidae Mexican Amber Peratrimera mexicana n. gen. n. sp.

Abstract

Peratrimera mexicana n. gen., n. sp. is described from Mexican Amber. The fossil is placed in the Therevidae subfamily Xestomyzinae and its close relationship to the recent genus Henicomyia Coquillett is discussed. This is the first fossil of a Xestomyzinae from the New World and the first Therevidae from Mexican Amber.

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