The Frog-Biting Midges of the World (Corethrellidae: Diptera)
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text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-06-16
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journal article
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Corethrella andersoni
Poinar and Szadziewski
Corethrella andersoni
Poinar and Szadziewski 2007:155
. Type locality: amber mine in the
Hukawng Valley
, southwest of
Maingkhwan
,
Katchin
(
26°20'N
,
96°36'E
),
Myanmar
.
Holotype
♀
(GEPC).
DIAGNOSIS:
Male adult
: unknown.
Female adult
: only fossil species of
Corethrella
with short R
2
and R
3
(with R
3
about 0.2 wing length); also only fossil known with scales present over all of each leg (including all tarsomeres).
DESCRIPTION:
Male adult
. Unknown.
Female adult
. As described by
Poinar and Szadziewski (2007)
.
Immatures
. Unknown.
DISTRIBUTION:
Corethrella andersoni
is known only from Burmese amber, dated at 100–110 million years old.
TAXONOMIC DISCUSSION: The
holotype
, representing the only specimen known, was unavailable for study.
Poinar and Szadziewski (2007)
considered the short R
2
and R
3
to be unique in
C. andersoni
but these veins are also short (but not quite as short) in
C. brevivena
(Fig. 67F); these two species are unique in the genus in having the fork of R
2+3
distal to the fork of M
1+2
.
Corethrella andersoni
is unplaced to subgenus because features of the unknown male, as well as further character states of the female fossil, presently not available, make its phylogenetic placement uncertain.
DERIVATION OF SPECIFIC EPITHET: The name
andersoni
was proposed for Scott Anderson who provided the specimen for study by Poinar and Szadziewski.
CONCLUSIONS