Prosphyracephala Hennig, 1965

Perkovsky, E. E., Mostovski, M. B. & Henderickx, H., 2015, New Records Of The Dipteran Genera Triphleba (Phoridae) And Prosphyracephala (Diopsidae) In Rovno And Baltic Ambers, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (3), pp. 245-250 : 247-248

Genus Prosphyracephala Hennig, 1965

The first diopsid specimen in the Rovno Amber ( fig. 1 , d, e) belongs to the extinct genus

Prosphyracephala Hennig, 1965 known in the Baltic Amber only from two species, Pros-

Рис. 1. Triphleba schulmanae : a — вид сбоку, b — вид сверху, c — вид спереди и сверху, показаны раздвоенные антенны; Prosphyracephala aff. succini : d — общий вид, e — крылья; Prosphyracephala kerneggeri : f — вид снизу, g — вид сверху; Prosphyracephala succini : h — общий вид.

phyracephala succini (Loew, 1873) found also in Bitterfeld and Céreste ( Schumann, 1994; Lutz, 1985) and Prosphyracephala kerneggeri Kotrba, 2009 ( Kotrba, 2009) ; old records of ‘amber’ insects in Oligocene sedimentary deposits are usually referred to misidentifications, hence the Céreste record is of special importance. Prosphyracephala rubiensis Lewis, 1971 known from the Mormon Creek (Ruby River, the upper part of the Upper Eocene of Montana ( Lewis, 1971; McHugh, 2003).

Figures

Fig. 1. Triphleba schulmanae: a — lateral view, b — dorsal view, c — anterodorsal view, with exposed bifurcate antennae; Prosphyracephala aff. succini: d — habitus, e — wings; Prosphyracephala kerneggeri: f — ventral, g — dorsal; Prosphyracephala succini: h — habitus.