A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566
Abstract: Spider flies are a remarkable lineage of Diptera that develop exclusively as endoparasitoids of spiders; the only exception is found in the Chilean genus Carvalhoa (= Sphaerops), which remains ectoparasitic on the host for weeks… read more here.
Keywords: spider; flies diptera; review fossil; fossil spider ... See more keywords
Ghosts from the past: a review of fossil Hepialoidea (Lepidoptera)
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7982
Abstract: We critically re-examine nine of the ten fossil specimens currently assigned to Hepialidae. Three fossils with impressions of wing veins and scales placed in the fossil genus Prohepialus Piton, 1940, and two mummified larvae that… read more here.
Keywords: fossil; ghosts past; lepidoptera; past review ... See more keywords