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Tanytarsus serafini Gilka 2010

Description

Tanytarsus serafini Giłka, 2010

Tanytarsus serafini Giłka, 2010: 715 (male; Eocene Baltic amber, Gulf of Gdańsk); Giłka et al. 2013b: 583 (male; Eocene Baltic amber, Rovno).

Material examined. Holotype (MAI-5157a), paratype (MAI-5157b) (see Giłka 2010). Additional specimens: 1 male (tarsus of right hind leg missing) preserved in 35 x 28 x 18 mm piece of amber (Eocene, ~45–40 Ma, Baltic amber, Gulf of Gdańsk; MAI-275); animal syninclusion: Aphidoidea (1 ind.); 1 male preserved in 22 x 13 x 4 mm piece of amber (Eocene, ~45–40 Ma, Baltic amber, Gulf of Gdańsk; MAI-5184), animal syninclusions: Formicidae (1 ind.), Acari (1 ind.).

Notes

Published as part of Zakrzewska, Marta & Giłka, Wojciech, 2015, The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the collection of the Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdańsk, pp. 347-360 in Zootaxa 3946 (3) on page 359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/245390

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gilka
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Tanytarsus
Species
serafini
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tanytarsus serafini Gilka, 2010 sec. Zakrzewska & Giłka, 2015

References

  • Gilka, W. (2010) A new species group in the genus Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) based on a fossil record from Baltic amber. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition), 84, 714 - 719. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1755 - 6724.2010.00249. x
  • Gilka, W., Zakrzewska, M., Dominiak, P. & Urbanek, A. (2013 b) Non-biting midges of the tribe Tanytarsini in Eocene amber from the Rovno region (Ukraine): a pioneer systematic study with notes on the phylogeny (Diptera: Chironomidae). Zootaxa, 3736 (5), 569 - 586. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3736.5.8