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
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
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77
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.4
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Praearchitipula abnormis
(
Hao & Ren, 2009
)
—comb. nov.
(
Fig.2
)
Architipula abnormis
Hao & Ren, 2009
: 172
, figs 1–9.
Remarks.
Architipula abnormis
Hao & Ren, 2009
from the late Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou (
China
) was previously regarded as a member of the
Limoniidae
. After re-examining the
holotype
of
A. abnormis
, we found that the cross-vein sc-r was omitted in the original description (
Fig. 2
). It has a presectoral position and we propose to transfer this species from
Limoniidae
to
Pediciidae
.
This species corresponds mostly to the generic characters of
Praearchitipula
Kalugina, 1985
, such as Rs bifurcating into a long R2+3 and a short R4+5; cross-vein r-m between R5 and M1+2. It differs from other species of
Praearchitipula
in the shorter length of d-cell, which is about 1/13 the length of wing.