The oldest Calosargus Mostovski, 1997 from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Brachycera: Archisargidae)
Author
Zhang, Kuiyan
Author
Yang, Ding
Author
Shih, Dong Ren Chungkun
text
Zootaxa
2007
1645
1
17
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.179727
de333d52-b2e2-47cb-b3de-5c313a86ad12
1175-5326
179727
Calosargus
(
Calosargus
)
tenuicellulatus
Zhang, Yang & Ren
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 13–14
)
Diagnosis.
Vei n R s 1 short, nearly as long as vein Rs2; vein R2+3 arising slightly proximal of base of cell d; vein R2+3 ending at vein R1 far before wing margin; relative lengths of vein R5 and vein Rs3 about 3: 5; crossvein rm located at basal 1/3 of cell d; cell d slender; base of cell m2 about 3.5 times as wide as that of cell m1; mouth of cell m1 nearly as wide as that of cell m2.
FIGURE 13.
Calosargus
(
Calosargus
)
tenuicellulatus
sp. nov.
Body with wing photograph in dorsal view.
Etymology.
The specific name refers to the Latin
tenuis
(narrow) and
cellulatus
(cell), referring to the slender cell d.
Holotype
.
CNU-DB-NN2007009, an almost complete adult body with wing in dorsal view.
Type
locality and horizon.
Daohugou Village, Shantou Township, Ningcheng County, Inner
Mongolia
,
China
; Jiulongshan Formation, Middle Jurassic (Aalenian-Bajocian).
Description.
Body length
10.7 mm
; wing length 9.0 mm, wing width
2.3 mm
.
Head round in dorsal view, slightly narrower than thorax. Eyes large, bare, holoptic; ommatidia visible clearly.
Thorax black.
Hind
femur distinctly swollen; hind tibia slender, slightly longer than femur, first tarsomere of hind leg distinctly longer than following tarsomeres. Wing elongate, hyaline. Vein C ending at apex of vein R5; veins C and R1 markedly thick; vein Sc long, extending far beyond middle of wing. Vein R1 long and robust; vein Rs1 short, near as long as vein Rs2; vein R2+3 arising slightly proximal of base of cell d; vein R2+3 ending at vein R1 far before wing margin; vein R4 short; vein R5 ending far beyond apex of wing, relative lengths of vein R5 and vein Rs3 about 3: 5. Crossvein r-m located at basal 1/3 of cell d. Vein M3 absent, vein CuA1 arising from cell d. Vein Cup present. Cell sc wide open, apex of cell sc about 3 times as wide as that of cell r4, apex of cell r4 about twice as wide as that of cell r1. Cell d slender, longer than vein M
1 in
length; base of cell m2 about 3.5 times as wide as that of cell m1; apex of cell m1 slightly wider than that of cell m2. Cell cup narrow open, about 1/4 as wide as that of cell cua1.
FIGURE 14.
Calosargus
(
Calosargus
)
tenuicellulatus
sp. nov.
Camera lucida drawing, based on the original photograph, in dorsal view.
Abdomen brown, slender, cylindrical; five segments visible. Segment I evidently short. Segments II to V with distinct stria at side. Segments III to V with wide black stripe at each end. Gender unknown.
Remarks.
C.
(
C.
)
tenuicellulatus
sp. nov.
could be related to
C.
(
C.
)
daohugouensis
sp. nov.
in the following aspects: vein Rs1 short, nearly as long as vein Rs2; relative lengths of vein R5 and vein Rs3 about 3: 5; crossvein r-m located at basal 1/3 of cell d. However, it can be easily separated from the latter by the mouth of cell r4 about twice as wide as that of cell r1, cell d slender, longer than vein M
1 in
length, base of cell m2 about 3.5 times as wide as that of cell m1, mouth of cell m1 slightly longer than that of cell m2. In
daohugouensis
, the mouth of cell r4 is about 4 times as wide as that of cell r1; cell d is wider, slightly shorter than vein M1; the base of cell m2 is about twice as wide as that of cell m1; the mouth of cell m1 is shorter than that of cell m2.
Meanwhile,
C.
(
C.
)
tenuicellulatus
sp. nov.
is also very similar to
C.
(
C.
)
validus
sp. nov.
See the remarks of
C.
(
C.
)
validus
sp. nov.
in detail.