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New fossil biting midge from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
Volume 129, Issue -, Pages -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105004

Keywords

Barremian; Haematophagy; Minyohelea nexuosa sp; nov; New species; Lebanese amber; Taxonomy

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences [PIFI 2019VMA0015, 2021VCA0009]

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This article studied a new species of the fossil genus Minyohelea from Lebanese amber, describing and illustrating the unusual male genitalia and comparing it with other fossil representatives of this extinct genus.
A new species of the fossil genus Minyohelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) Lebanese amber is studied. The new species Minyohelea nexuosa sp. nov. is described, illustrated, and its unusual male genitalia is compared with those of the other fossil representatives of this extinct genus. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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