A new robber fly from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of NE Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)

Autor(es)

Einicker Lamas, Carlos Jose ^[1] ; Sampronha, Stephanie ^[2] ; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed ABC UFABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CRETACEOUS RESEARCH; v. 131, MAR 2022.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Araripogon pulchrus sp. nov., a new fossil species of the Diptera family Asilidae, is described and illustrated based on a very well preserved specimen from the Crato Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of NE Brazil. This is the second known species of Asilidae from the Crato Formation (from which only one species, Araripogon axelrodi Grimaldi was previously known) and the fourth species of Asilidae known for the entire Mesozoic. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 20/02844-5 - A paleoentomofauna da formação Crato (Cretáceo inferior; Bacia do Araripe): sistemática e paleoecologia
• Beneficiário: Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular