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Issue: Vol. 3501 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3501.1.2
Page range: 55–62
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of Ptychopteridae and Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera)

Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Diptera Ptychopteridae Trichoceridae new species Middle Jurassic China

Abstract

Two new species of Diptera, Eoptychopterina postica sp. nov. in Ptychopteridae and Eotrichocera (Archaeotrichocera) spatiosa sp. nov. in Trichoceridae are described and illustrated from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou in eastern Inner Mongolia, China. These two new species are established based on fossil specimens with bodies and complete wings.

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