TY - JOUR T1 - A Peculiar New Genus of Bibionomorpha (Diptera) with Brachycera-Like Modification of Antennae from Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar Y1 - 2021 DO - 10.3390/insects12040364 A1 - Ševčík, Jan A1 - Skartveit, John A1 - Krzemiński, Wiesław A1 - Skibińska, Kornelia SP - 364 AB -

A new fossil genus of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha), Burmahesperinus gen. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, is described and illustrated (type species Burmahesperinus antennatus sp. nov., the other two species included are B. conicus sp. nov. and B. pedicellatus sp. nov.). The new genus is tentatively placed in a new subfamily, Burmahesperininae subfam. nov. of the family Bibionidae. Its possible phylogenetic position is briefly discussed. The new genus, as well as the subfamily, possesses the wing venation similar to the recent genus Hesperinus Walker, 1848, in combination with Brachycera-like modification of both the male and female antenna and the overall habitus typical of fungus gnats (Sciaroidea).

L2 - 60585 L3 - 73155 VL - 12 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12040364 ER -