New Leptotarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and Spain: the oldest members of the family Tipulidae (Diptera)

作者：Ribeiro Guilherme C^*; Lukashevich Elena D

来源：Zootaxa, 2014, 3753(4): 347-363.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.3753.4.4

• Leptotarsus
• Early Cretaceous
• new species
• Santana
• Las Hoyas

New species of Leptotarsus (Tipulidae s.str.) are described from the Early Cretaceous beds of Brazil (Santana Fm. Aptian/Albian, ca. 112 Mya) and Spain (La Huerguina Fm., Late Barremian, ca. 126 Mya), vis. L. grimaldii sp. nov., L. cretaceus sp. nov., L. martinsnetoi sp. nov., L. buscalioniae sp. nov., L. ibericus sp. nov. and L. contractus sp. nov. Males of three species possess extremely long antennae. The fossils are the oldest representatives of the genus Leptotarsus, and the oldest known members of the family Tipulidae.

• 出版日期2014-1-8