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21 November 2024 The first fossil chylizine fly (Diptera: Psilidae) with a discussion on the ages of related fossil Acalyptratae
Andrew J. Ross, Jiale Zhou, Christel Hoffeins, Bill Crighton
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Abstract

The first fossil rust fly (Diptera: Psilidae) from the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls of the Isle of Wight is also the first known fossil record of the subfamily Chylizinae. It is late Eocene: Priabonian in age, 34.2 Ma. Chyliza colenutti Ross, Zhou, Hoffeins & Crighton, sp. nov. is compared with 30 extant species of Chyliza and differs from them in having a relatively long 2nd basal cell compared to the discal cell. Some other fossil Acalyptratae records are reviewed and their probable ages updated. The phylogenetic position of the Psilidae is currently uncertain so the family may have appeared anytime from 70–40 million years ago.

Andrew J. Ross, Jiale Zhou, Christel Hoffeins, and Bill Crighton "The first fossil chylizine fly (Diptera: Psilidae) with a discussion on the ages of related fossil Acalyptratae," Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(6), 1-11, (21 November 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae036
Received: 15 December 2023; Accepted: 22 October 2024; Published: 21 November 2024
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KEYWORDS
Bembridge Marls
Chyliza
Diopsoidea
Eocene
fossil
Muscomorpha
Priabonian
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