A crane fly of the genus Gynoplistia Macquart (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

André Nel; Uwe Kaulfuss

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1192.115536

A crane fly of the genus Gynoplistia Macquart (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the early Miocene of New Zealand

Zookeys. 2024 Feb 20:1192:103-110. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.115536. eCollection 2024.

Authors

André Nel¹, Uwe Kaulfuss²

Affiliations

¹ Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75005 Paris, France Sorbonne Université Paris France.
² Georg-August-University, Department of Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany Georg-August-University Göttingen Germany.

Abstract

The first fossil limoniid fly from the Miocene Fossil-Lagerstätte of Foulden Maar in New Zealand is described on the basis of an isolated well-preserved wing. The specimen is tentatively attributed to a new species Gynoplistiafouldensensissp. nov. in the large extant genus Gynoplistia, which is well diversified in the country. It is the second fossil record of this genus, the first one being an isolated wing from the Cretaceous Weald Clay Formation in the United Kingdom.

Keywords: Australasia; Fossil-Lagerstätte; Foulden Maar; Insecta; Tipuloidea.

André Nel, Uwe Kaulfuss.