New biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber

Authors

  • Joanna Choufani Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS UPMC EPHE, CP50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
  • Vincent Perrichot UMR CNRS 6118 Géosciences & Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers de Rennes, Université Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France; University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
  • Dany Azar Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Natural Sciences, Fanar, Fanar - Matn – P.O. Box 26110217, Lebanon
  • André Nel Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS UPMC EPHE, CP50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/PC.1808.15988

Abstract

The ceratopogonids from Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) amber of Vendée, in northwestern France, are studied. The new species Leptoconops (Leptoconops) gravesi n. sp., Leptoconops species undetermined, and Culicoides doyeni n. sp., are described, illustrated, and compared with other fossil species known for these two genera.

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2014-12-01

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No. 10 (2014)

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Choufani, Joanna, Vincent Perrichot, Dany Azar, and André Nel. 2014. “New Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Late Cretaceous Vendean Amber”. Paleontological Contributions, no. 10 (December): 34-40. https://doi.org/10.17161/PC.1808.15988.