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Further records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar) |
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| Institution: | 1. Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Antioquia;2. Biology Department, University of North Carolina, 250 Bell Tower Drive, Genome Sciences Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27510, United States;3. Grupo de Microbiodiversidad y Bioprospección, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín |
| Abstract: | A new biting midge Archiculicoides andersoni sp. nov. from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. An unknown male of Leptoconops myanmaricus Szadziewski, 2004 is described and an undetermined female of the genus Archiaustroconops and Austroconops in the collection of National Museums Scotland is reported. A key for the determination of 10 named species in 6 genera of biting midges reported from Burmese amber is also provided. |
| Keywords: | Diptera Ceratopogonidae Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber New species |
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