Iwona Kania

The oldest representative of Helius Lepeletier & Serville 1828 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Lebanese amber (Early Cretaceous)

Helius lebanensis sp.n., the oldest representative of the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville 1828 (Diptera: Limoniidae), from Lebanese amber (Early Cretaceous) is characterized, illustrated and described. A hypothesis of origin and evolution of the genus Helius with association with the Angiosperms is provided and discussed. A complete list of fossil limoniids belonging to Helius is given.

New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber

Macrochile hornei sp. nov. from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) is described and illustrated. Podemacrochile gen. nov. is described with Podemacrochile baltica (Podenas, 1997) as type species. A key to the genera and species of Tanyderidae known from Baltic amber is presented.

A New Species of Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 from Baltic Amber (Diptera: Limoniidae)

Abstract. A new species of the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene) is described. The characteristic feature distinguishing a new species, D. gorskii sp. nov. is the presence of the surprisingly strong and elongate spine on rostral prolongation of ventral gonostylus. The morphological features of the new species are briefly discussed. New replacement name Dicranomyia alexandri nom. nov. for Dicranomyia flagellata (Alexander, 1931) is proposed to avoid with Dicranomyia flagellata Edwards, 1928.

Revision of the genus Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene)

Revision of the genus Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) A revision of the genus Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) is presented. Redescriptions of four species of this genus are given and documented with photographs and drawings. The taxonomic ranks of two subspecies - Palaeopoecilostola longicornis longicornis Meunier, 1906 and Palaeopoecilostola longicornis parallela Alexander, 1931 - are elevated to species: P. longicornis stat. n. and P. parallela stat. n. Anepsiomyia atterraneus Nazarov, 1994 is recognized as new junior synonym of Palaeopoecilostola speciosa Meunier, 1906.

Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene): the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

A revision of the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene) is presented. Redescriptions of 5 species, Helius formosus Krzemiński, 1993, Helius linus Podenas, 2002, Helius minutus (Loew, 1850), Helius mutus Podenas, 2002, Helius pulcher (Loew, 1850) of this genus from Baltic amber are given and documented by photographs and drawings. Four new species of the genus Helius from Baltic amber are described: Helius gedanicus sp. nov., Helius hoffeinsorum sp. nov., Helius similis sp. nov., Helius fossilis sp. nov. A key to species of Helius from Baltic amber is provided. Patterns morphological evolution and the aspects evolutionary history of Helius are discussed.

New fossil Tipulidae from the volcano-sedimentary Latest Oligocene of Bes-Konak (Turkey)

ABSTRACT Three new species of Tipula from the Latest Oligocene of Bes-Konak (Turkey) are described, viz. Tipula (Platytipula) anatolica sp. n., Tipula (Tipula) oligocenica sp. n. and Tipula (Trichotipula) paicheleri sp. n. A morphological comparison with their closest recent and fossil relatives is provided.

New and little known crane-fly species of the genera Helius, Elephantomyia and Toxorhina (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Dominican and Mexican amber

The descriptions of two new species of limoniid dipterans: Helius (Helius) neali n. sp., Helius (Helius) oosterbroeki n. sp., from Dominican amber and one new species Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) mexicana n. sp. from Mexican amber are given and documented by photographs and drawings. New information about a new specimen of the known species Elephantomyia grata Podenas and Poinar, 2012 is also provided. Katarzyna Kopeć. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-016 Kraków, Poland. k_slazyk@poczta.onet.pl Iwona Kania. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland. ikania@univ.rzeszow.pl – corresponding author Wiesław Krzemiński. Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Kraków, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków, Poland. krzeminski@muzeum.pan.krakow.pl

Wojciechaphis andrei gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha, Drepanosiphidae, Phyllaphidinae), a new aphid genus from Baltic amber.

Abstract Here we describe a new aphid genus and species Wojciechaphis andrei gen. et sp. nov. belonging to the extant family Drepanosiphidae, also known from Baltic amber (Eocene). The first adult apterous viviparous female of Mengeaphis glandulosa (Menge, 1856) is described too.

A new species of Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) Alexander, 1931 from the Eocene Baltic amber and its relationships among Dactylolabinae (Diptera: Limoniidae)

A new species – Dactylolabis (Idiolabis) ryszardi n. sp. from Eocene Baltic amber is described. It is the third species of this extinct subgenus to be described and is known exclusively from Eocene Baltic amber. The distinctive features of the newly described species are the character of wing venation, especially the shape of discal cell, characteristically indented in upper distal corner by the position of dM1+2 shifted to 1/3 of d-cell, and the morphology of the hypopygium. A parsimony analysis of type species of extant taxa and extinct species of the genus Dactylolabis from Baltic amber is provided based on 25 morphological characters. The analysis confirms the status of extinct subgenera from the Eocene Baltic amber currently recognized within the genus Dactylolabis and shows the modern and fossil taxa grouped separately. Iwona Kania. Department of Environmental Biology, Rzeszow University, Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszow, Poland. ikania@univ.rzeszow.pl Wieslaw Krzeminski. Institute of Systematic and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31-016 Krakow, Poland. krzeminski@muzeum.pan.krakow.pl

The Taxonomy of Selected Genera of the Subfamily Limoniinae (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Baltic Amber (Eocene), with Notes on Their Phylogeny

Abstract. A taxonomic review of Limoniinae (Diptera, Limoniidae) known from Eocene Baltic amber with particular references to the following genera is presented: Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 1860, Limonia Meigen, 1803, Lipsothrix Loew, 1873, Rhipidia Meigen, 1818, Thaumastoptera Mik, 1866, Toxorhina Loew, 1850, Trentepohlia Bigot, 1854. A new genus, Antohelia gen. nov., and two new species, Antohelia stanislawi sp. nov., Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) bajdai sp. nov. are described. The phylogenetic relationships of the Limoniinae known from Eocene Baltic are discussed based on the results of a newly performed cladistic analysis. The illustrated key for the genera of subfamily Limoniinae recorded from the Baltic amber inclusions is provided