FIRST RECORD OF CRANE FLIES (TIPULIDAE, LIMONIINAE) IN UPPER CRETACEOUS AMBER FROM NEW-JERSEY, USA

Authors
GELHAUS JK JOHNSON R
Citation
Jk. Gelhaus et R. Johnson, FIRST RECORD OF CRANE FLIES (TIPULIDAE, LIMONIINAE) IN UPPER CRETACEOUS AMBER FROM NEW-JERSEY, USA, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 122(1), 1996, pp. 55-65
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Transactions of the American Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028320
Volume
122
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
55 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8320(1996)122:1<55:FROCF(>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Limonia dillonae new species and Cheilotrichia (Empeda) cretacea new s pecies are described and illustrated from specimens in amber from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian, 90-94 million years ago) Raritan-Magothy F ormation at Sayreville, New Jersey. The two species are the first cran e flies characterized from these amber deposits and are compared with extant and fossil species. Limonia dillonae n. sp. and Cheilotrichia c retacea n. sp. are the oldest undisputed fossil specimens for these ge nera. A listing of the 15 orders and 45 families of insects and other organisms represented in this particular amber collection is given.