Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India
Author
BICKEL, DANIEL J.
Author
MARTIN, JOHN
Author
AGNIHOTRI, PRIYA
Author
SINGH, HUKAM
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Palaeoentomology
2022
2022-09-22
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9
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10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9
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Genus
Gujaratmyia
Bickel
gen. nov.
Etymology.
Gujaratmyia
is the combination of the name of Indian state of
Gujarat
where
Cambay
amber occurs and the suffix -
myia
, Greek for “fly”. The gender is feminine.
Type
species.
Gujaratmyia rotunda
Bickel
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
[This generic diagnosis is based on a single male specimen and emphasizes characters considered to be of generic importance.] Body length about
1.1 mm
; head large with respect to size of thorax, and ovate, higher than wide; face as narrow band separating eyes; postpedicel rounded, subtriangular, arista dorsal; posterior mesonotum apparently flattened; femora II and III each with distinct anterior preapical seta near 4/5; TII with strong ad seta at 1/3; veins R
4+5
diverging from M
1
near base, and becoming slightly bowed and subparallel with M
1
beyond level of dm-m crossvein; R
4+5
joins costa at 7/8, M
1
joins margin slightly behind wing apex; hypopygium forming ovoid cap over apex of abdomen, and with short distal appendages.
Remarks.
Gujaratmyia
is a monotypic genus, and the species
G. rotunda
has the posterior mesonotum apparently flattened, the dorsal postcranium is strongly concave, femora II and III have anterior preapical setae, and the slightly divergent veins R
4+5
and M
1,
all characters reminiscent of the subfamily
Enliniinae
, discussed above.