A BASAL NEW SPECIES OF OLBIOGASTER (DIPTERA, ANISOPODIDAE) IN DOMINICAN AMBER, AND ITS SYSTEMATIC PLACEMENT

Authors
GRIMALDI DA AMORIM DD
Citation
Da. Grimaldi et Dd. Amorim, A BASAL NEW SPECIES OF OLBIOGASTER (DIPTERA, ANISOPODIDAE) IN DOMINICAN AMBER, AND ITS SYSTEMATIC PLACEMENT, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97(3), 1995, pp. 561-568
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138797
Volume
97
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
561 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(1995)97:3<561:ABNSOO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A distinctively new species of Olbiogaster is described from Oligo-Mio cene amber of the Dominican Republic. It is based on a single, virtual ly complete female and named Olbiogaster perezi. Phylogenetic analysis of external morphological characters indicates it is probably the sis ter group to all of the living species of the genus, or at least among a group of phylogenetically basal species. The four living species of Olbiogaster described from Caribbean islands belong to clades that ar e more recently derived than is the fossil.