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NEW TAXA OF LIMONIIDAE (DIPTERA: NEMATOCERA) FROM CANADIAN AMBER

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Wleslaw Krzeminski  and
H.J. Teskey
Wleslaw Krzeminski
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow
H.J. Teskey
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
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Abstract

Descriptions are given of adults of three Limoniidae (Tipuloidea) found preserved in Canadian amber (Upper Cretaceous): Trichoneura (Trichoneura) canadensis sp. nov.; Macalpina incomparabilis gen. nov., sp. nov.; and Limonia albertensis sp. nov.

Résumé

Les auteurs donnent une description des adultes de trois Limoniidés (Tipuloides) trouvés conservés dans de l’ambre du Canada (Crétacé supérieur). Il s’agit de Trichoneura (Trichoneura) canadensis sp. nov., Macalpina incomparabilis gen. nov., sp. nov. et de Limonia albertensis sp. nov.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 119 , Issue 10 , October 1987 , pp. 887 - 892
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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