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Ceratopogonids of the Cretaceous

Started by Halichoeres, March 03, 2019, 11:00:16 PM

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March 03, 2019, 11:00:16 PM
The biting midges, known in the US as "no-see-ums" or "punkies," are tiny blood-sucking flies that live all over the world. They have a reasonable fossil record, and the known Cretaceous species are summed up and revised in a new monograph. The monograph includes the description of a new species, Protoculicoides revelatus, and some nice specimen photos and illustrations:



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Paper is open access: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6927
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