New biting midges from the Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) |
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| Authors: | Joanna Choufani Dany Azar André Nel |
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| Institution: | 1. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS UPMC EPHE, CP50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, Francechoufanijoana@hotmail.fr;3. Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Biology, Fanar – Matn, PO Box 26110217, Lebanon;4. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS UPMC EPHE, CP50, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | New Ceratopogonidae from the Early Cretaceous amber of Hammana (Central Lebanon) are studied. Five new species (Lebanoculicoides daheri sp. nov., Protoculicoides krzeminskii sp. nov., Archiaustroconops annae sp. nov., Archiaustroconops hammanensis sp. nov., and Archiaustroconops dominiakae sp. nov.) are characterized, described, illustrated, and compared with other Cretaceous taxa. New keys for species of the three genera Lebanoculioides, Protoculicoides, and Archiaustroconops, but also for all genera of Lebanese fossil biting midges, are proposed. |
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| Keywords: | Insecta Archiaustroconops Lebanoculioides Protoculicoides sp nov Lebanese amber Cretaceous |
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