The first predatory dance fly of the subfamily Ocydromiinae with specialized, raptorial legs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Diptera: Hybotidae)
| Autor: | André Nel, Michael S. Engel, Romain Garrouste, Valerie Ngô-Muller, Jean-Marc Pouillon |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), University of Oklahoma (OU), Chercheur indépendant |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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predatory dance flies
010506 paleontology Subfamily Empidoidea Brachycera biology Holotype Paleontology Zoology 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Hybotidae taxonomy Raptorial [SDE]Environmental Sciences Taxonomy (biology) Cenomanian 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Cretaceous Research Cretaceous Research, Elsevier, 2021, 119, pp.104697. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104697⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0195-6671 1095-998X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104697⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; The first ocydromiine hybotid fly is described and illustrated from a remarkable male preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Pouillonhybos venator, gen. et sp. nov., is distinguished from other members of the subfamily Ocydromiinae as well as other lineages of living and fossil Hybotidae. The holotype of P. venator exhibits spectacular specializations of the mid and hind legs, modifications likely linked to the grasping of prey either during capture and/or while feeding. The species reported here is the earliest evidence of significant leg modifications in Hybotidae indicating an early appearance of such specializations in the family's history. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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