Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 38(2) 1995

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VOL 38(2) 1995

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Diptera, Corethrellidae, fossil, Cretaceous, Lebanese amber

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The oldest fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber

• Ryszard SZADZIEWSKI

Abstract:

Corethrella cretacea, the oldest new fossil species of Corethrellidae from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (125-130 Ma) is described and illustrated. Fossicorethrella, a new subgenus of Corethrella including the new species is proposed. The fossil represents a phylogenetic lineage forming the sister group of all other, living and fossil, members of the genus.