New Cecidomyiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera)

Dany Azar , André Nel (1)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité

The oldest representatives of several cecidomyiid tribes are characterised and described from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, viz. a Lestremiinae with uncertain tribe affinities; two Winnertziinae Winnertziini: Libanoclinorrhytis jaschhofi gen. et sp. nov., and Lebanowinnertzia perrichoti gen. et sp. nov.; and two Porricondylinae Dicerurini: Cretadicerura salimi gen. et sp. nov. and Libanohilversidia doryi gen. et sp. nov. These taxa are the oldest representatives of their respective tribes.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy

Dany Azar, André Nel. New Cecidomyiidae from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera). Palaeoentomology, 2020, 3 (5), pp.525-540. ⟨10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.5.10⟩. ⟨mnhn-03993030⟩