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      A new biting midge from Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber of New Jersey (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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          Culicoides? casei n. sp., a new fossil biting midge from Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) amber of the Raritan Formation of New Jersey, is described and illustrated. It is the oldest (about 94 Ma) described ceratopogonid from North America, and is tentatively placed in Culicoides because its genitalia most closely ally it with that genus. Other characters that indicate its affinity with Culicoides include cylindrical fourth tarsomeres, wing with prominent microtrichia, and a swollen third palpal segment with a very large sensory pit. Characters it possesses that are found in Ceratopogon include long prominent cerci, palisade setae on hind tarsomere one, radial cells of wing separated by a small intermediate vein, and macrotrichia near the wing tip.

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          Anatomical and Ecological Evidence of Endothermy in Dinosaurs

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            CANADIAN AMBER — A PALEONTOLOGICAL TREASURE-CHEST

            Amber of Cretaceous Age from Canada is an exceptionally fine source of well-preserved fossils of a wide variety of insects and related animals. Since these fossils can yield much information about the forms of, and conditions for, life in the Cretaceous Period some 75 million years ago, they represent a highly interesting and valuable scientific resource.The history, relative abundance, nature, biological origin, and significance of Canadian amber is reviewed and related to similar aspects of European or Baltic amber. Reported occurrences of amber in Canada (about 50) are assembled and some 350 arthropod inclusions discovered in the amber collections made thus far are tabulated, with respect to their origins, classification, and present location. The article contains one map, two tables, and 16 figures.
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              The Feeding Habits of Biting Flies and Their Significance in Classification

              J. Downes (1958)
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                Journal of Paleontology
                J. Paleontol.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0022-3360
                1937-2337
                September 1988
                July 2015
                : 62
                : 05
                : 808-812
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                10.1017/S0022336000019089
                efd0cc94-f256-4e82-80f6-cadb69d71d3c
                © 1988
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