Haematophagous biting midges of the extant genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) evolved during the mid-Cretaceous Author Szadziewski, Ryszard Author Dominiak, Patrycja Author Sontag, Elżbieta Author Krzemiński, Wiesław Author Wang, Bo Author Szwedo, Jacek text Zootaxa 2019 2019-10-24 4688 4 535 548 journal article 25149 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.5 c704c5d3-8ef6-48b6-a346-efe5b5e1c032 1175-5326 3517710 F412A472-E501-494B-9BF9-CAF253E9BD92 Culicoides bojarskii Szadziewski & Dominiak, sp. nov. Figs 3 A–C urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FBC637E3-9205-4CCB-91DA-88115D9203A7 Diagnosis. This new species is distinguished from other Cretaceous Culicoides by the following female characters: antennal flagellum with cylindrical flagellomeres, 2–8 elongate, 9–13 greatly elongate, only flagellomere 1 with sensilla coeloconica; entire wing membrane with macrotrichia; palpal segment 3 slender without sensory pit; proboscis 2.1 x longer than eye height. Male unknown. Description. Female ( Fig. 3A ). Head-body length (minus antenna) ca. 1.0 mm. Head with greatly elongate proboscis (length 0.49 mm ), ca. 2.1 x longer than eye height ( Fig. 3B ). Eyes moderately separated. Antennal flagellum ( Fig. 3C ) length 0.51 mm , with cylindrical flagellomeres, 2–8 elongate, 9–13 greatly elongate, flagellomere 1 with single sensillum coeloconicum; antennal ratio 1.02. Palpus ( Fig. 3B ) 5-segmented, slender, ca. 0.25 mm long; segment 3 greatly elongate (ca. 0.10 mm ), without sensory pit. Wing ( Fig. 3A ) length 0.68 mm , costal vein 0.48 mm ; costal ratio 0.71; entire membrane including basal radial cell covered with macrotrichia. Hind tarsomere 1 swollen; tibial comb with 3 spines; TR (2) 2.3, TR (3) 2.1. Abdominal sternite 8 with distinct caudomedian excavation. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype female, NIGP 171164 (BA02 14253). Burmese amber, Hukawng Valley , Myan- mar. Syninclusions : Scatopsidae 1 male , Copeognatha 1, Hemiptera , 1. Deposited in the collections of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing. Etymology. This new species is dedicated to PhD student Błażej Bojarski, Museum of Amber Inclusions, Uni- versity of Gdańsk, for preparing the inclusions for entomological study.