New Chironomidae (Diptera) with elongate proboscises from the Late Jurassic of Mongolia

Abstract

Four new species of Chironomidae with well-developed elongate proboscises are described from a Late Jurassic site Shar Teg in SW Mongolia. These are named Cretaenne rasnicyni sp. n., Podonomius blepharis sp. n., P. macromastix sp. n., ? P. robustus sp. n.

Keywords

• Diptera
• Chironomidae
• fossil
• proboscis
• feeding
• new species
• Mongolia
• Late Jurassic