Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 64(2) 2021

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VOL 64(2) 2021

DOI:

10.3409/azc.64.03

Keywords:

Nematocera, fossil insects, new species, morphology

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Polymera alexanderi? n. sp., a new species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber

• Wiesław KRZEMIŃSKI
• Katarzyna KOPEĆ
• Alicja PEŁCZYŃSKA
• Agnieszka SOSZYŃSKA-MAJ

Abstract:

Dominican amber is the fossil resin famous for the best quality of inclusions, exploited in Dominican Republic from the deposits formed in the late Early Miocene, ca. 16 Ma. A new species, Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi sp. n. of the dipteran family Limoniidae is described from this amber. This new limonid belongs to the genus Polymera Wiedemann, 1820 with 63 extant species described mostly from South America. Only three fossil species are known so far from Dominican and Baltic amber.