Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera, Limoniidae) to honour Alexandr Rasnitsyn Author KRZEMIŃSKI, WIESŁAW Author KOPEĆ, KATARZYNA Author SOSZYŃSKA-MAJ, AGNIESZKA Author SKIBIŃSKA, KORNELIA text Palaeoentomology 2021 2021-09-24 4 5 436 440 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.8 journal article 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.8 2624-2834 5530315 CFFD56AD-4AB3-40CF-AEE8-278A614B9534 Aleksiana gen. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 8626E845-423C-4CDD-BC0C- 6D4B74726D52 Type species. Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. — Burmese amber, Upper Cretaceous by present designation . Species included. Aleksiana rasnitsyni gen. et sp. nov. , Aleksiana lapra ( Podenas & Poinar, 2009 ) comb. nov. Etymology. Genus and species name is dedicated to Alexander Pavlovich Rasnitsyn, a great Russian specialist in palaeoentomology, phylogeny and taxonomy of insects, especially of Hymenoptera. Diagnosis. d-cell closed; cross vein m-cu far before bifurcation of Mb into M 1+2 and M 3+4 ; gonocoxites with long single appendage in apical part; parameres very long reaching gonocoxite length or longer; outer and inner gonostylus partially fused in basal part. Considering the structure of the hypopygium, two species known only from the Burmese amber, i . e .,? Antocha (? subgen .) lapra Podenas & Poinar, 2009 and Aleksiana rasnitsyni sp. nov. are included in the new genus.