Tuesday, January 9, 2024

[PaleoEntomology • 2023] Leptotarsus reyi • The first Early Cretaceous Representative of the Fly Family Tipulidae (Diptera) from the lower Barremian Dysodiles of Lebanon


Leptotarsus reyi 
Azar & Nel, 2023

 
Abstract
Leptotarsus reyi sp. nov., first representative of the family Tipulidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon, is characterised, described and illustrated from the Early Barremian dysodile of Jdeidet Bkassine, South Lebanon.

Diptera, Insecta, Tipuloidea, Tipulinae, Early Cretaceous, biogeography




Dany Azar and André Nel. 2023. The first Early Cretaceous Representative of the Fly Family Tipulidae from the lower Barremian Dysodiles of Lebanon (Diptera). Zootaxa. 5396(1); 58-63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.11