Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 35(3) 1993

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VOL 35(3) 1993

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Axymyiomorpha, fossil, new family, Elliidae, Perissommatidae, Thaumaleidae, Axymyiidae, Pachyneuridae, Jurassic, Cretaceous

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Elliidae, a new fossil family of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha

• Ewa KRZEMIŃSKA
• Vladimir A. BLAGODEROV
• Wiesław KRZEMIŃSKI

Abstract:

A new fossil family, Elliidae, of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha is described from Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous of Central Asia. It comprises two new genera: Ellia gen. n. and Polyanka gen. n.; the first with two species, E. colorissima sp. n. and E. khara, sp. n., the second with P. minuta sp. n. Age and phylogenetical relations of Elliidae fam. n. is discussed; the family shows wing venation characters linking the Axymyiomorpha and the oldest, Triassic Anisopodomorpha.