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TitleA NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF FUNGUS GNATS (DIPTERA, MYCETOPHILIADE) FROM DOMINICAN AMBER
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1994
AuthorsBaxter, JE, Poinar, GO
JournalAnnales De La Societe Entomologique De France
Volume30
Pagination93-102
Type of ArticleJournal Article
ISSN0037-9271
Abstract

A new genus, Metaleia Baxter, and three new species of fossil fungus gnats belonging to the subfamilies Gnoristinae and Leiinae of the family Mycetophilidae are described from Dominician amber. These include Tetragoneura brevistipitis Baxter, n. sp., Metaleia maculicauda Baxter, n. sp. and n. gen., and Aphrastomyia planistylus Baxter, n. sp. Brief notes on diagnostic characters and extant related forms are given.
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