A new giant dung midge from Miocene Ethiopian amber (Diptera: Scatopsidae)

Autor:	RYSZARD SZADZIEWSKI, BŁAŻEJ BOJARSKI, ELŻBIETA SONTAG, JACEK SZWEDO
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Insecta Arthropoda Fossils Diptera Biodiversity Chironomidae Amber Trees Scatopsidae Nematocera Animals Animalia Animal Science and Zoology Ethiopia Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy
Zdroj:	Zootaxa. 5099:549-562
ISSN:	1175-5334 1175-5326
DOI:	10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.3
Popis:	Fossil new genus and species Afroscatopse haennii gen. et sp. nov. from Miocene Ethiopian amber are described and illustrated and placed in the tribe Colobostematini. The gigantic adults of this scavenger fly, largest within the family, with dull body, long antennae and broad wings evidently were adapted to live on bark of trees. It is suggested that it was a myrmecophilous species with larvae living in the nests of tree ants.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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