40-Million-Year-Old Baltic Amber Provides First Fossil Record of Predatory Fungus Gnats

40-Million-Year-Old Baltic Amber Provides First Fossil Record of Predatory Fungus Gnats

Until now, the fungus gnat genus Robsonomyia was represented by two living species: Robsonomyia reducta from North America and Robsonomyia sciaraeformis from Asia. Paleontologists have now found two new fossil species of Robsonomyia — named Robsonomyia baltica and Robsonomyia henningseni — in a piece of Baltic amber.

Robsonomyia baltica. Image credit: Pełczyńska et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-59448-y.

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