Vladelektra, an enigmatic new genus of killer fungus gnats (Diptera: Keroplatidae: incertae sedis) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Author Evenhuis, Neal L. J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bernice Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 - 2704, USA NealE@bishopmuseum.org text Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 2020 2020-11-30 139 1 9 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4305528 e45c62a0-c7a0-452c-b33e-c2879edc71b2 4305528 http://zoobank.org/feb0debf-8e3a-464a-b4f0-d2c85bb7f477 Vladelektra Evenhuis , gen . nov . Type species : Vladelektra blagoderovi Evenhuis , sp. nov. , by present designation. Diagnosis . Mouthparts reduced. Palp three-segmented, moniliform, apicalmost segment downturned with subapical palpal pit, segment setose apically; antennae with 14 cylindrical flagellomeres, longest basally, becoming shorter apically; mesonotum with long erect hairs anteriorly and posteriorly; scutellum with long hairs on posterior apex; wing hyaline, with bases of medial and cubital veins effaced; radial-medial fusion (Rs+M) not visible; vein R 2+3 (in male) ending in C closer to end of R 4+5 than to R 1 ( R 2+3 absent in female); vein CuP absent; coxa long, all same length; tibiae with setae not arranged in rows; tarsi shorter than body length; abdomen long, thin, sparse hirsute dorsally; male hypopygium with long thin gonocoxae and gonostyli; gonostylus with darkly sclerotized bifid tip; epandrium narrow, with round villose apex; tergal apodeme present.