New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia
Author
Gao, Jiaqi
Author
Shih, Chungkun
Author
Kopeć, Katarzyna
Author
Krzemiński, Wiesław
Author
Ren, Dong
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Zootaxa
2015
3963
2
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.5
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Praearchitipula notabilis
Kalugina, 1985
(
Fig. 1
A)
Syn. nov.:
Praearchitipula lata
Kalugina, 1985
: 59
, fig. 24.
FIGURE 1.
Line drawings, re-drawn from type materials, of A—
Praearchitipula notabilis
Kalugina, 1985
; B—
Praearchitipula lata
Kalugina, 1985
=
P. notabilis
,
syn. nov.
; C—
Praearchitipula trinervis
Kalugina, 1985
. Scale bars = 1 mm.
Remarks
. The species
P. notabilis
(Fig. 1A) differs from
P. trinervis
Kalugina, 1985
(Fig. 1C) mainly by
proportion of medial veins. In
P. notabilis
, the vein M1+2 is 2.5 times as long as M1 (vs. 1/2 for
P. trinervis
) and dcell is about 1/7 of the length of wing (vs. about 1/8 for
P. trinervis
). Both species were described from Kubekovo (
Russia
)—Middle Jurassic.
Praearchitipula lata
Kalugina, 1985
(
Fig. 1
B), known also from Kubekovo, has been described based on a partially preserved wing. Comparing
Figs. 1
A and 1B, we cannot identify significant venational differences between these two fossils. Hence, we suggest treating
P. lata
as a junior synonym of
P. notabilis
.