A new genus of hybotid dance fly (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from the Eocene Sakhalinian amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.4
Abstract: The family Hybotidae (Insecta: Diptera, Empidoidea) is recorded for the first time from the bio-inclusions of Sakhalinian amber (Russia). Almost all inclusions studied belong to the subfamily Tachydromiinae. First results suggest that tachydromiines were not… read more here.
Keywords: amber; tachydromiinae; genera; sakhalinian amber ... See more keywords
First record of Cicadellidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Eocene Sakhalinian amber
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.886.38828
Abstract: Abstract Sakhalotettix eocenicusgen. & sp. nov., the first leafhopper reported from middle Eocene Sakhalinian amber, is described and illustrated. The fossil cicadellid resembles modern Xestocephalini and Bathysmatophorini in some respects but, because of its unique… read more here.
Keywords: eocene sakhalinian; first record; cicadellidae; sakhalinian amber ... See more keywords