Bibionidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the late Miocene of Hrutagíl (Mókollsdalur), Iceland.
Here we describe fossil Bibionidae (Diptera)
insects from the late Miocene Hru´tagil locality (part of the
9–8 Ma Skarðsstro¨nd–Mo´kollsdalur formation) in Iceland.
This material offers a rare chance to study a fossil insect
fauna from a North Atlantic oceanic island. The material
includes three species, one from each genera of Bibio,
Dilophus and Penthetria, but only the former is sufficiently
well preserved to warrant description as a new taxon, Bibio
edda sp. nov., most superficially similar to B. brevis Heer,
1849 but differs in wing and tibial characters, among
others. Finally, we compare the species to other fossil
Bibionidae known from the Miocene of continental
Europe.
insects from the late Miocene Hru´tagil locality (part of the
9–8 Ma Skarðsstro¨nd–Mo´kollsdalur formation) in Iceland.
This material offers a rare chance to study a fossil insect
fauna from a North Atlantic oceanic island. The material
includes three species, one from each genera of Bibio,
Dilophus and Penthetria, but only the former is sufficiently
well preserved to warrant description as a new taxon, Bibio
edda sp. nov., most superficially similar to B. brevis Heer,
1849 but differs in wing and tibial characters, among
others. Finally, we compare the species to other fossil
Bibionidae known from the Miocene of continental
Europe.
Publisert i Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, 2017
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