Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 37(2) 1994

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VOL 37(2) 1994

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Diptera, Oligoneura, Brachycera, Oligophrynidae, fossil insects, Jurassic, Dorset (England), Issyk Kul (Middle Asia)

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Oligophrynidae, a Lower Jurassic dipteran family (Diptera, Brachycera)

• Jörg ANSORGE
• Wiesław KRZEMIŃSKI

Abstract:

The holotype of Oligophryne fungivoroides Rohdendorf is revised. A new species, Oligophryne britannica from the Lower Jurassic locality Charmouth (Great Britain, Dorset) is described. The systematic position of the fossil family Oligophryneidae within the Oligoneura Brachycera is documented.