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Leptotarsus (Longurio) burmica sp. nov.-The first species of Tipulidae (Diptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104723

Keywords

Tipulidae; Taxonomy; Paleontology; Fossil species; First record

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31300551]
  2. Anhui Outstanding Young Talent Support Program [gxfx2017059]

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A new species of Leptotarsus (Longurio) burmica sp. nov. in Tipulidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated, representing the first record of Tipulidae in Burmese amber and the first member of Leptotarsus in Cretaceous amber inclusions.
One new species of Leptotarsus Gue = rin-Me = neville, 1831, Leptotarsus (Longurio) burmica sp. nov. in Tipulidae from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. The new species represents the first record of Tipulidae from Burmese amber and the first member of Leptotarsus from Cretaceous amber inclusions. 0 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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