The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France

Valerie Ngô-Muller , Romain Garrouste , André Nel (1)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

We describe Paleothrypticus eocenicus gen. et sp. nov., oldest and first Medeterinae from the Early Eocene Oise amber (France). Representatives of the tribes Medeterini and Systenini are recorded in the Middle Eocene Baltic amber and the Miocene amber of Mexico. These fossils show that this subfamily was already well diversified at the beginning of the Eocene.

Domaines: Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

Valerie Ngô-Muller, Romain Garrouste, André Nel. The oldest long-legged fly of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Early Eocene of France. Palaeoentomology, 2020, 3 (2), pp.173-179. ⟨10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.2.6⟩. ⟨mnhn-03992928⟩