Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae)
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Published, First
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Zootaxa
2007
2007-02-05
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journal article
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Chasmatonotoides deharvengi
n. sp.
(
Figs. 32
, 33)
Etymology:
This species is named for Dr. Louis Deharveng, entomologist at the MNHN.
Diagnosis:
Body ca.
2.5 mm
long; 1 prealar seta; squama bare; gonostylus covered with numerous short setae.
Description:
Head
0.5 mm
long, deformed; ocelli absent; antenna much longer than head, distinctly hairy, with 13 flagellomeres covered with long setae, pedicel broad and short, rounded, 13th flagellomere very long; eye bare, with small dorsomedial extension, with 1 row of ommatidia at minimum width; mouthparts lacking functional mandibles; frontal setae absent, numerous postocular and inner and outer vertical setae. Thorax
0.78 mm
long,
0.36 mm
wide,
0.76 mm
high; postnotum bare, without longitudinal median groove; surface of scutellum with 1 long seta visible; scutal tubercle absent; acrostichals absent, dorsocentrals uniserial; scutum with median longitudinal groove; 1 prealar seta, no supraalar setae; epimeron II and preepisternum bare. Wing macropterous,
1.52 mm
long,
0.36 mm
wide, hyaline, membrane bare, but with coarse punctation; anal vein An
2
absent; radius with 3 branches R
1
, R
2+3
and R
4+5
, R
2+3
weakly sclerotized not divided into R
2
and R
3
and nearly to R
4+5
; only M
1+2
and M
3+4
present; crossvein MCu absent; squama bare. Halter
0.2 mm
long. Fore femur
0.5 mm
long, tibia
0.54 mm
long, tarsus
1.2 mm
long; mid femur
0.56 mm
long, tibia
0.54 mm
long; hind femur
0.54 mm
long, tibia
0.58 mm
long, tarsus
0.88 mm
long; ta4 of all legs cylindrical, not cordiform; fore tibia with 1 long spur, mid and hind tibiae with 2 long spurs, hind tibial comb well developed. Abdomen
1.72 mm
long; gonostylus
0.05 mm
long,
0.03 mm
wide, simple, covered with numerous setae; gonocoxite
0.1 mm
long,
0.05 mm
wide, with numerous long setae on outer surface; anal point narrow and elongate,
0.15 mm
long,
0.1 mm
wide at base, apex seemingly truncated.
FIGURE 32.
Chasmatonotoides deharvengi
n. sp.
, holotype PA 9563, photograph of habitus.
FIGURE 33.
Chasmatonotoides deharvengi
n. sp.
,
holotype
PA 9563, drawing of male genitalia (scale bar =
0.1 mm
).
Discussion:
The body of
C. deharvengi
n. sp.
(
2.5 mm
long) is distinctly longer than that of
C. oesiensis
(
1.7 mm
long). It has one prealar seta instead of two, as in
C. oesiensis
. For these reasons, we recognize a new species.
Material:
Holotype
PA 9563, (male).