A new species of Forcipomyia from Paleocene Sakhalin amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Szadziewski, Ryszard; Sontag, Elżbieta

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“…The Sakhalinian amber is of a similar age and also dominated by Forcipomyia (72% of the inclusions studied by Szadziewski (1990) and so could be a test for the first hypothesis, and unfortunately Ceratopogon and Culicoides are both unknown there. A total of four of the nine ceratopogonid genera recorded in Cambay amber have been recorded to date in Sakhalinian amber (Szadziewski, 1990), but only two species were described (Szadziewski, Sontag, 2013), and the fauna greatly needs in revision.…”

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Comparison of Biting Midges of the Early Eocene Cambay Amber (India) and Late Eocene European Ambers Supports the Independent Origin of European Ambers

Perkovsky¹

2017

Vestnik Zoologii

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Comparison of Biting Midges of the Early Eocene Cambay Amber (India) and Late Eocene EuropeanAmbers Supports the Independent Origin of European ambers. Perkovsky, E. E. -Of the three genera of Ceratopogoninae dominant in Late Eocene ambers of Europe, the two known are absent in the Early Eocene Cambay amber (India): the Holarctic genus Ceratopogon and the worldwide distributed genus Culicoides, known since the Late Cretaceous. Tropical biting midge genera (Meunierohelea and Leptoconops and genera with feminized male antennae: Camptopterohelea, Eohelea, and Gedanohelea) are abundantly represented in Cambay amber. The proportion of Ceratopogonini with feminized male antennae among all Ceratopogonidae dramatically increases from north to south: from 1.4-2.4 % in unbiased collections of Bitterfeld amber (Humboldt Museum collection) and Baltic amber (the Giecewicz collection) to 7 % in Danish amber and 12.7 % in Rovno amber; their proportion in Cambay amber is 17 %. The proportion of tropical specimens among specimens Ceratopogoninae in unbiased collections is 6.4 % in Baltic amber, 5.3 % in Bitterfeld amber, 21 % in Rovno and Danish amber, and 58 % in Cambay amber. Strong differences in the proportion of tropical components among Ceratopogoninae from different European ambers are in agreement with data on Cambay amber and so are indicative of origin of the European ambers under different climatic and hence geographic environments.

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Comparison of Biting Midges of the Early Eocene Cambay Amber (India) and Late Eocene European Ambers Supports the Independent Origin of European Ambers

Perkovsky¹

2017

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“…n. and because these two species occur in sympatry, raises the point as to which species Enderlein was dealing with when he briefly described C. herero over a century ago. Although long considered ‘lost’, the discovery of the holotype in the holdings of the Berlin Museum enabled Szadziewski ( 1986 ) to re-examine it; along with a full description, he also provided a figure of the wing clearly showing the vF as well as the first and second costal spots. In contrast with the single female that Szadziewski ( 1986 ) examined, the majority of our specimens had a very indistinct pale spot in cell cua1.…”

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“…Although long considered ‘lost’, the discovery of the holotype in the holdings of the Berlin Museum enabled Szadziewski ( 1986 ) to re-examine it; along with a full description, he also provided a figure of the wing clearly showing the vF as well as the first and second costal spots. In contrast with the single female that Szadziewski ( 1986 ) examined, the majority of our specimens had a very indistinct pale spot in cell cua1. Unfortunately, the Namibian samples available were collected 250 km from Rooibank where the holotype was collected.…”

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Description of Culicoides truuskae sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from southern Africa

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Meiswinkel²,

Liebenberg

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Onderstepoort j. vet. res.

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Culicoides truuskae Labuschagne and Meiswinkel sp. n. is described and illustrated in both sexes from material collected in South Africa and Namibia. It is restricted to the xeric western margin of the subcontinent, occurring in Fynbos, Nama-Karoo and Succulent Karoo ecoregions in South Africa and Desert and Savanna ecoregions in Namibia experiencing 600 mm of rainfall annually. Culicoides truuskae sp. n. is part of the Afrotropical ‘plain-wing’ Culicoides in which the wing lacks a distinguishing pattern of light and dark spots; the diagnostic dark smudge that traverses wing cell r3 may result in C. truuskae sp. n. being misidentified as the sympatric but phyletically unrelated Culicoides herero (Enderlein) – (of the Similis group, subgenus Oecacta Poey). Additionally, this study is the first description of the male of C. herero. C. truuskae sp. n. and Culicoides coarctatus Clastrier and Wirth share similar characters in the male genitalia, although the two species are separable on wing pattern and female flagellum sensilla coeloconica (SCo) distribution. The breeding habitat and adult female blood-feeding preferences of C. truuskae sp. n. are not known. A maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree, using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) sequence data, is provided to further clarify the relationship between C. truuskae sp. n., C. coarctatus and C. herero. Extensive light trap data, collected over 30 years, are used to map the distribution ranges of C. truuskae sp. n., C. coarctatus and C. herero in Southern Africa.Contribution: The description of this new species and the description of the male of C. herero increases our understanding of the diversity and distribution of Culicoides species in southern Africa.

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“…(middle Eocene, 45 Ma). (Szadziewski 1990; Szadziewski & Sontag 2013). Phytostratigraphic studies by Kodrul (1999) determined that the age of Sakhalin amber is middle Eocene.…”

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“…Sakhalin amber (middle Eocene, 45 Ma). (Szadziewski 1990;Szadziewski & Sontag 2013). Phytostratigraphic studies by Kodrul (1999) Szadziewski et al 2007;Sontag & Szadziewski 2011).…”

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Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as indicators of biostratigraphy, ecological reconstructions and identification of amber deposits

Szadziewski

2016

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Socie

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Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are a large family of flies that commononly appear in Lower Cretaceous to Miocene strata, with over 280 fossil species (4.3 % of the family), belonging to 49 genera (26 extant; 23 extinct). Morphological characters used in the identification of fossil genera and species are identical to those used in studies of extant Ceratopogonidae and, as a result, their potential indicative value is reliable. Two relictual extant genera, Leptoconops and Austroconops, reported from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, are at least 125 million years old. Certain ceratopogonid genera are indicative for the Lower Cretaceous, Upper Cretaceous, Eocene or Miocene. A morphological character indicative for the Upper Cretaceous and Cenozoic is macrotrichia on the wing membrane of adults. Indicator species and genera are reviewed for all amber deposits. Eocene Baltic amber contains the best known fauna of biting midges, with 109 named species. Some genera are indicative of aquatic and semiaquatic habitats (predaceous genera, subfamily Ceratopogoninae), forests with rotting trees (Forcipomyia), sandy sea shore habitats (Leptoconops), a cold boreal climate (Ceratopogon) or warm climates (Nannohelea, Austroconops, Leptoconops, Meunierohelea, Metahelea). Females require a protein-rich meal and are well known for feeding on the blood of vertebrates, but many feed on other things, so this information can help with the interpretation of palaeoenvironments. Washingtonhelea taimyrica Szadziewski, 1996, described from Siberian amber, is transferred to the fossil genus Palaeobrachypogon: P.taimyricus (Szadziewski, 1996), comb. nov. For Serromyia alphea, mistakenly redescribed and illustrated from Eocene Bitterfeld amber (= Baltic amber) by Szadziewski (1993), a new name – Serromyiaerrata Szadziewski, nom. nov. – is proposed.

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A new species of Forcipomyia from Paleocene Sakhalin amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Abstract: Forcipomyia nadicola sp. n. from Paleocene Sakhalin amber (60 mya) is described and illustrated. This is the oldest named fossil species reported in the extant genus Forcipomyia and the tribe Forcipomyiini.

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Comparison of Biting Midges of the Early Eocene Cambay Amber (India) and Late Eocene European Ambers Supports the Independent Origin of European Ambers

Comparison of Biting Midges of the Early Eocene Cambay Amber (India) and Late Eocene European Ambers Supports the Independent Origin of European Ambers

Description of Culicoides truuskae sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from southern Africa

Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as indicators of biostratigraphy, ecological reconstructions and identification of amber deposits

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