Discovering a new fossil chironomid from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese Amber: Electroneura pinhoi sp. nov. Amaral, Silva & Baranov (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
Abstract Here we present new insights into Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) preserved in Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. We describe a new genus and species, Electroneura pinhoi gen. et sp. nov., seemingly related to Tanypodinae and offer an amended description of Libanopelopia cretacica Veltz, Azar and Nel, 2007. Moreover, our investigation highlights the challenges of assigning fossils to modern taxonomic groups, based on previous studies of Tanypodinae, underscoring the necessity of considering the geological context and utilizing, when possible, both morphological and molecular data from extant taxa to validate taxonomic assignments in paleontological studies.
Authors
- André P. Amaral (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-0847)
- VIKTOR A. BARANOV (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1893-3215)
- Fabio Laurindo da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9398-7438)
- Dany Azar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-197X)
Institutions
- Lebanese University (LB)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Estación Biológica de Doñana (ES)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Paläontologische Zeitschrift
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-024-00699-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03
Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación