A new fossil inchworm moth discovered in Miocene Dominican amber (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Monteys, Víctor Sarto i; Hausmann, Axel; Solórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M.; Hammel, Jörg U.; Baixeras, Joaquin; Delclós, X; Peñalver, Enrique

doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104055

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“…Following the methodology used previously by our research group ( e.g ., Álvarez-Parra et al, 2021 ; Sarto i Monteys et al, 2022 ), the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis of La Hoya amber was obtained through an IR PerkinElmer Frontier spectrometer using a diamond ATR system with a temperature stabilized DTGS detector and a CsI beam splitter at the Molecular Spectrometry Unit of the CCiTUB (University of Barcelona, Spain).…”

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A new genus of dance fly (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) from Cretaceous Spanish ambers and introduction to the fossiliferous amber outcrop of La Hoya (Castellón Province, Spain)

Solórzano-Kraemer

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Arillo

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Hybotidae fly species, also known as dance flies, in Cretaceous ambers have been described from Lebanon, France, Myanmar, Russia, and Canada. Here we describe Grimaldipeza coelica gen. et sp. n., and recognize another two un-named species, in Spanish amber from the middle Albian El Soplao and lower Cenomanian La Hoya outcrops. The fore tibial gland is present in the new genus, which is characteristic of the family Hybotidae. We compare Grimaldipeza coelica gen. et sp. n. with the holotypes of Trichinites cretaceus Hennig, 1970 and Ecommocydromia difficilis Schlüter, 1978, and clarify some morphological details present in the latter two species. Further taxonomic placement beyond family of the here described new genus was not possible and remains incertae sedis within Hybotidae until extant subfamilies are better defined. We provide new paleoecological data of the hybotids, together with paleogeographical and life paleoenvironmental notes. A table with the known Cretaceous Hybotidae is provided. Furthermore, the La Hoya amber-bearing outcrop is described in detail, filling the information gap for this deposit.

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