A new genus of Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Late Eocene Rovno amber from Ukraine

Viktor Baranov; Trond Andersen; Evgeny Perkovsky

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.9

A new genus of Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Late Eocene Rovno amber from Ukraine

Zootaxa. 2014 May 8:3794:581-6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.9.

Authors

Viktor Baranov¹, Trond Andersen², Evgeny Perkovsky³

Affiliations

¹ I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, B. Khmelnytskogo 15, 01601 Kiev, Ukraine.; Email: baranowiktor@gmail.com.
² Present address: Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggleseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin; Email: unknown.
³ I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, B. Khmelnytskogo 15, 01601 Kiev, Ukraine.; Email: perkovsky@fromru.com.

PMID: 24870346
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.9

Abstract

The genus Palaeoboreochlus Baranov et Andersen, n. gen. is erected based on P. inornatus Baranov et Andersen, n. sp. described from a male found in Late Eocene Rovno amber. The new genus groups with Boreochlus Edwards in the tribe "Boreochlini".

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amber
Animals
Chironomidae / anatomy & histology
Chironomidae / classification*
Europe, Eastern
Fossils*
Male

Substances

Amber