Three new species of Paleoplatyura Meunier, 1899, i.e., Paleoplatyura agnieszkae sp. nov., P. miae sp. nov., and P. magnifica sp. nov., are described and figured. The concept of the genus is briefly discussed, and its systematic position is clarified. A key to fossil species is provided. The genus Paleoplatyura is described from the Eocene Baltic amber. It is concluded that, in Baltic amber, this group is represented only by the type species, and the identity of the other two species is problematic. No additional specimens have been found so far in this amber. Therefore, the presence of as many as three new species in Burmese amber, certainly belonging to Paleoplatyura, is a confirmation of its occurrence already in the Mesozoic.

Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Science University of Ostrava Chittussiho 10 710 00 Ostrava Czech Republic

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences 31 016 Kraków Poland

Zobrazit více v PubMed

Mantič M., Sikora T., Burdíková N., Blagoderov V., Kjærandsen J., Kurina O., Ševčík J. Hidden in Plain Sight: Comprehensive Molecular Phylogeny of Keroplatidae and Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera) Reveals Parallel Evolution and Leads to a Revised Family Classification. Insects. 2020;11:348. doi: 10.3390/insects11060348. PubMed DOI PMC

Ševčík J., Krzemiński W., Skibińska K. Intriguing and Beautiful: Adamacrocera adami gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar Represents a New Subfamily of Keroplatidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) Insects. 2020;11:552. doi: 10.3390/insects11090552. PubMed DOI PMC

Matile L. Description d’un Keroplatidae du crétacé moyen et données morphologiques et taxonomiques sur les Mycetophiloidea (Diptera) Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1981;17:99–123. (In French)

Rondani C. Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. In: Stocchi A., editor. Volume: I. Genera Italica Ordinis Dipterorum Ordinatim Disposita et Distincta et in Familias et Stirpes Aggregata. Volume 1. Alexandri Stoschi; Parmae, Italy: 1856. pp. 1–226. DOI

Edwards F. British Fungus-Gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). With A Revised Generic Classification of the Family. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1925;73:505–670. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1925.tb03369.x. DOI

Loew H. In: Ueber den Bernstein und die Bernsteinfauna. Programm der Könglichen Realschule zu Meseritz. Lorentz F.W., editor. Springer; Meseritz, Poland: 1850. pp. 1–44. (In German)

Papp L., Ševčík J. Sciarokeroplatinae, a new subfamily of Keroplatidae (Diptera) Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 2005;51:113–123.

Ševčík J., Kaspřák D., Mantič M., Fitzgerald S., Ševčíková T., Tóthová A., Jaschhof M. Molecular phylogeny of the megadiverse insect infraorder Bibionomorpha sensu lato (Diptera) PeerJ. 2016;4:e2563. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2563. PubMed DOI PMC

Meunier F. Revision des diptères fossiles types de Loew conservés au Musée Provincial de Koenigsberg. Misc. Entomol. 1899;7

Matile L. Recherches sur la systématique et lʹévolution des Keroplatidae: Diptera, Mycetophiloidea. Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sér. A Zool. 1990;148:1–682. (In French)

Shaw F.R. The external anatomy of Palaeoplatyura johnsoni Joh. (Diptera—Mycetophilidae) Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1952;78:21–31.

Mantič M., Ševčík J. Macrocera rohaceki sp. nov. and other interesting records of Keroplatidae (Diptera) from southern and central Europe, with DNA sequence data. Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae. 2017;57:751–764. doi: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0098. DOI

Meigen J.W. Versuch einer neuen Gattung Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkunde. 1803;2:259–281. (In German)

Coquillett D.W. New North American Mycetophilidae. Can. Entomol. 1895;27:199–200. doi: 10.4039/Ent27199-8. DOI

Fisher E.G. Distributional notes and keys to American Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae and Ceroplatinae with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1941;67:275–301.

Johannsen O.A. Bulletin of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Volume 180. Springer; Orono, ME, USA: 1910. The Mycetophilidae of North America. Part II; pp. 125–192.

Johannsen O.A. Diptera, fam. Mycetophilidae. In: Witsman P., editor. Genera Insectorum. Volume 93. Bartschii; Bruxelles, Belgium: 1909. pp. 1–141.

Meunier F.A. Nouvelle contribution a la monographie des “Mycetophilidae” (Ceroplatinae, Mycetophilinae et Sciophilinae) de l’ambre de la Baltique. Rev. Sci. Bourbon. Cent. Fr. 1922:114–120.

Cockerell T.D.A. Fossil arthropods in the British Museum—VI. Oligocene insects from Gurnet Bay, Isle of Wight. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1921;7:453–480. doi: 10.1080/00222932108632550. DOI

Evenhuis N. Catalog of The Keroplatidae of The World (Insecta: Diptera) Bishop Museum Press; Honolulu, HI, USA: 2006.

Ševčík J., Skartveit J., Krzemiński W., Skibińska K. A Peculiar New Genus of Bibionomorpha (Diptera) with Brachycera-Like Modification of Antennae from Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar. Insects. 2021;12:364. doi: 10.3390/insects12040364. PubMed DOI PMC

Cruickshank R.D., Ko K. Geology of an amber locality in the Hukawng Valley, northern Myanmar. J. Asian Earth Sci. 2003;21:441–445. doi: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00044-5. DOI

Grimaldi D.A., Engel M.S., Nascimbene P.C. Fossiliferous Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its rediscovery, biotic diversity, and paleontological significance. Am. Mus. Novit. 2002;3361:1–71. doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)361<0001:FCAFMB>2.0.CO;2. DOI

Shi G., Grimaldi D.A., Ge H., Wang J., Yang M., Lei W., Li Q., Li X. Age constraint on Myanmar amber based on U-Pb dating of zircons. Cretac. Res. 2012;37:155–163. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.014. DOI

Linnaeus C. Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae: Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Volume 1. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae; Stockholm, Sweden: 1758. p. 824. (In Latin) DOI

Hennig W. Die Larvenformen der Dipteren: Eine Übersicht über die Bisher Bekannten Jungendstadien Derzweiflügeligen Insekten. Akademie Verlag; Berlin, Germany: 1948.

Billberg G.J. Enumeratio insectorum in Museo/Gust. Joh. Billberg. Smithsonian Institution; Stockholm, Sweden: 1820. p. 138.

Grimaldi D., Cumming J. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1999;239:1–124.

Podenas S., Poinar G.O., Jr. New crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Burmese amber. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 2009;111:470–492. doi: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.2.470. DOI

Kania I., Krzemiński W., Azar D. The oldest representative of Helius Lepeletier & Servile 1828 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Lebanese amber (Early Cretaceous) Insect Syst. Evol. 2013;44:231–238.

Stebner F., Solórzano Kraemer M.M., Ibáñez-Bernal S., Wagner R. Moth flies and sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber. PeerJ. 2015;3:e1254. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1254. PubMed DOI PMC

Blagoderov V., Grimaldi D. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous Ambers, Exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 2004;2004:1–76. doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)433<0001:FSDICA>2.0.CO;2. DOI

Kundrata R., Packova G., Prosvirov A.S., Hoffmannova J. The Fossil Record of Elateridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea): Described Species, Current Problems and Future Prospects. Insects. 2021;12:286. doi: 10.3390/insects12040286. PubMed DOI PMC

Kalugina N.S. Psychomorphan Diptera from the Jurassic of Mongolia Altai (Diptera: Tanyderidae, Eoptychopteridae) Paleontol. J. 1992;26:110–113.

Matile L. Diptera: Mycetophilidae Keroplatinae. S. Afr. Anim. Life. 1974;15:511–532.

Edwards F.W. XIV—A note on the ‘New Zealand glow-worm’ (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1924;14:175–179. doi: 10.1080/00222932408633104. DOI

Davimacrocera, a New Extant Genus of Keroplatidae, with Notes on the Fossil Genus Burmacrocera (Diptera)