Resumen de A new chironomid (Insecta: Diptera) from Wealden amber (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight (UK)

E.A. Jarzembowski, D. Azar, André Nel

• The first insect from the Wealden amber of the Isle of Wight (early Barremian) is formally described. Dungeyella gavini n.

  gen., n. sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) is a tiny buchonomyiine/podonomian with specialised wing venation and probably lived in an araucarian riparian woodland with seasonal resin production. It is in one of the oldest-known ambers with insect inclusions.