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Issue: Vol. 5739 No. 1: 31 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.9
Page range: 53-59
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First Keroplatidae Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France)

Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); MNHN; CNRS; SU; EPHE-PSL; UA; CP50; 57 rue Cuvier; F-75005 Paris; France
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); MNHN; CNRS; SU; EPHE-PSL; UA; CP50; 57 rue Cuvier; F-75005 Paris; France; UFR Sciences du Vivant; Université Paris-Cité; Paris; France
Institut de Systématique; Évolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); MNHN; CNRS; SU; EPHE-PSL; UA; CP50; 57 rue Cuvier; F-75005 Paris; France
Diptera Insecta Sciaroidea Robsonomyiini gen. et sp. nov. oldest record

Abstract

Eokelneria oisensis gen. et sp. nov. a new genus and species of Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae, Robsonomyiini Matile, 1990, is described from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber. It is the oldest accurate record of this tribe, previously only known by several Middle Eocene Baltic amber species in the genera Kelneria Matile, 1979, Micrepimera Matile, 1990, and Robsonomyia Matile & Vockeroth, 1980.

 

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How to Cite

Hebert, F., Muller, V.N. & Nel, A. (2025) First Keroplatidae Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France). Zootaxa, 5739 (1), 53–59. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5739.1.9