First fossil Litoleptis (Diptera: Spaniiclae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Teruel Province, Spain)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2026, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Arillo, Antonio ^a   Peñalver, Enrique ^b   García Gimeno, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Inst Geol Minero Espana   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amber; Cretaceous; Diptera.; Insecta; Litoleptis; Lower; New species; Spain; Spaniidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; INSECTA; LITOLEPTIS;

EID: 64549140284     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2026.1.3     Document Type: Article

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