Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 35(1) 1992

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VOL 35(1) 1992

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Miocene, Messinian, Italy, fossil, Limoniidae

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New information on Limoniidae from Monte Castellaro, Italy (Upper Miocene)

• Wiesław KRZEMIŃSKI
• Giuseppe GENTILINI

Abstract:

Five new fossil species belonging to the Limoniidae are described from Monte Castellaro near Misano Adriatico (Upper Miocene, Lower Messinian): Pilaria castellariana n.sp., Dicranoptycha anna n.sp., Gonomyia andrea n.sp., Limonia luca n.sp., Dicranomyia sergio n.sp. The fossil genus Miopsiloptera GENTILINI, 1984, from same locality is revised and made a younger synonym of the subgenus Psiloconopa ZETT., genus Symplecta Mg.