title: A Mid Cretaceous representative of the modern scatopsid genus Ectaetia (Diptera: Scatopsidae: Ectaetiinae).
abstract: Ectaetia capdoliensis sp. n., first Cretaceous and oldest representative of the scatopsid subfamily Ectaetiinae, is described from the Late Albian / Early Cenomanian amber of southwestern France. This fossil demonstrates the remarkable morphological stability of these flies since at least the mid-Cretaceous. It suggests the presence of rotten wood under wet palaeoenvironment for the corresponding outcrop of Cadeuil.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 6118 Geosciences et OSUR, Universite Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, bat. 15, 263 avenue du Geniral-Leclerc, 35042 Rennes cedex, France. caitlinfate@gmail.com
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fate
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perrichot
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nel
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber / Q000737:chemistry; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005580:Fossils / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D018647:Amber