Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous Ambers, Exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae
Author
BLAGODEROV, VLADIMIR
Author
GRIMALDI, DAVID
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American Museum Novitates
2004
2004-02-27
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Temaleia
,
new genus
DIAGNOSIS: Wing membrane with macrotrichia; Sc long, meets C before base of M3 section; C ends at tip of R
5
; M3 section 3Χ length of
rm
; M
3+4
not interrupted at the base; tibial setulae irregular; tibial bristles absent; abdominal segment 6 not reduced; 7th and 8th segments telescopic.
TYPE
SPECIES:
Temaleia birmitica
,
n.sp.
ETYMOLOGY: The genus name is a feminine anagram of
Metaleia
.
COMMENTS: The genera
Clastobasis
Skuse, 1896
,
Neoclastobasis
Ostroverchova, 1970
, and
Metaleia
Baxter, 1994
have M
3+4
interrupted at the base and/or CuA sinuous. The genus
Sticholeia
Söli, 1996
, besides having extremely long cerci and other details of the male terminalia, differs by having a short M3 section.