A new species of the Cretaceous genus Prioriphora (Diptera: Phoridae) in French amber
MÓNICA M. SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER,
VINCENT PERRICHOT,
BRIAN V. BROWN,
PAUL TAFFOREAU,
CARMEN SORIANO,
Corresponding Author
MÓNICA M. SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany
Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Cedex, France
Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main; Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorVINCENT PERRICHOT
CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Cedex, France
Search for more papers by this authorBRIAN V. BROWN
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorPAUL TAFFOREAU
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
Search for more papers by this authorCARMEN SORIANO
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
Search for more papers by this authorMÓNICA M. SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER,
VINCENT PERRICHOT,
BRIAN V. BROWN,
PAUL TAFFOREAU,
CARMEN SORIANO,
Corresponding Author
MÓNICA M. SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany
Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Cedex, France
Mónica M. Solórzano Kraemer, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main; Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorVINCENT PERRICHOT
CNRS UMR 6118 Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Cedex, France
Search for more papers by this authorBRIAN V. BROWN
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Search for more papers by this authorPAUL TAFFOREAU
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
Search for more papers by this authorCARMEN SORIANO
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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Prioriphora is an extinct genus of phorid flies that has been described from the Upper Cretaceous amber of Canada, Siberia and the U.S.A. Here, we present the first record of this genus in amber from south-western France, with a description of Prioriphora schroederhohenwarthi Solórzano Kraemer & Perrichot sp.n. The holotype and two paratypes were studied using traditional light microscopy and propagation phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography (PPC-SRµCT), rendering high-resolution three-dimensional models for critical examination. A key to the nine species of Prioriphora is provided, and the diversity and ecology of the prioriphorine grade during the Cretaceous is briefly discussed.
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