Werner Mohrig

Contributions to the knowledge of fossil sciarid flies from Saxonian amber. part II. Three new sciarids from tertiary resins of the Bitterfeld mining area

Examination of 278 pieces of fossil resins from the lower Miocene Saxonian amber (opencast mining Goitsche/Bitterfeld/Germany) yielded to a total of 60 Sciarids in 29 pieces of amber. They belong to 9 species from 3 genera. The speciesEpidapus Primarius, Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) voelsgeni andTrichosia (Palaeotrichosia) kedingi are new. The other species are known also from Baltic amber.Examination of 278 pieces of fossil resins from the lower Miocene Saxonian amber (opencast mining Goitsche/Bitterfeld/Germany) yielded to a total of 60 Sciarids in 29 pieces of amber. They belong to 9 species from 3 genera. The speciesEpidapus Primarius, Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) voelsgeni andTrichosia (Palaeotrichosia) kedingi are new. The other species are known also from Baltic amber.KurzfassungUntersuchungen von 278 Stücken fossiler Harze aus dem untermiozänen Sächsischen Bernstein (Tagebau Goitscne/Bitterfeld/Deutschland) ergaben eine Ausbeute von 60 Sciariden in 29 Bernsteinstücken. Die Trauermücken konnten 9 Arten in 3 Gattungen zugeordnet werden. Die ArtenEpidapus primarius, Trichosia (Palaeotrichosia) voelsgeni undTrichosia (Palaeotrichosia) kedingi sind neu. Die anderen Arten sind auch aus dem Baltischen Bernstein bekannt.