Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

André Nel (1) , Romain Garrouste (1) , Christophe Daugeron (2)

1 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
2 MECADEV - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution

Avenaphora gallica sp. nov., second representative of this dolichopodid genus, and Cretomicrophorus piolencensis sp. nov., third representative of this genus, are described from a new Early Santonian amber outcrop in Southern France. The relationships of Avenaphora in the Empidoidea are discussed. As for the modern Parathalassiinae, Avenaphora gallica and Cretomicrophorus piolencensis were found in a marine littoral swamp palaeoenvironment.

Mots clés: palaeoecology; Cretaceous amber; sp nov; Diptera; Empidoidea

Domaines: Paléontologie; Biodiversité

André Nel, Romain Garrouste, Christophe Daugeron. Two new long-legged flies in the Santonian amber of France (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Cretaceous Research, 2017, 69, pp.1-5. ⟨10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.009⟩. ⟨hal-01369622⟩