Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous Ambers, Exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae
Author
BLAGODEROV, VLADIMIR
Author
GRIMALDI, DAVID
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American Museum Novitates
2004
2004-02-27
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Apolephthisa bulunensis
,
new species
Figures 31, 32
, Plate 3E
DIAGNOSIS: Sc short, ends before RS base. Gonostyli with distinct rounded apical lobe and long inner process.
DESCRIPTION: Body length =
2.24 mm
; wing length =
1.46 mm
.
Head:
Eyes slightly emarginate near antennal base. Flagellum with 14 cylindrical flagellomeres, covered by trichia equal to 0.5Χ flagellomere diameter. Palpi rather long; antepenultimate segment oval, broadened; penultimate and apical segments long and slender, together equal to fore coxa in length; apical segment slightly clubbed at apex, with several short setae. Palpomere length ratio 1:2:4.
Thorax:
Scutum with lateral, dorsocentral, and acrostichal rows of short setae. Mediotergite bare.
Wing:
Veins R
1
, R
5
, M
1
, and M
2
with setae. Sc meets C before RS base. R
5
almost straight.
Costa
ends beyond tip of R
5
onefifth the distance between tips of R
5
and M
1
. M
1
, M
2
, and M stem weak. Base of M
3+4
absent.
Legs:
Hind coxae without posterior setae.
Abdomen
setose, with 7 visible segments, 8th one small and retracted. Gonocoxites long, stout, thinner apically. Gonostyli with rounded apical lobe, bearing dorsoventral row of bristles and long inner process, ending in a short spur.
MATERIAL:
Holotype
PIN 3963
/4, male.
Russia
:
Taimyr Peninsula
,
Bulun
, coll. 1976.
3+4
ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet is toponymic.
COMMENTS: Given the current low diversity of the genus, it would seem highly improbable for three fossil species to occur unless the genus was more diverse and abundant in the past.