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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF36F94BFE4BD882" bold="true" box="[151,387,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
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(
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18)
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF36F8BEFEEFD90F" bold="true" box="[151,295,1846,1872]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named for Abel Prieur, a friend of the first author.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF67F8D6FE80D927" bold="true" box="[198,328,1886,1912]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
No R
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; rather reduced venation with main veins ending well basal to wing apex; 1 mid and hind tibial spur, both long and curved, with no or very reduced lateral teeth; dorsomedial extension of eye with 5 ommatidia at apex; no weavy setae in apical third of terminal flagellomere.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFF36F8A7FEEED918" bold="true" box="[151,294,1839,1863]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFE8CF8B8FE36D918" box="[301,510,1840,1863]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 428 1/2, photograph of habitus.
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFF36F8DAFEEED935" bold="true" box="[151,294,1874,1898]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFE8CF8DAFE36D936" box="[301,510,1874,1897]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 428 1/2, photograph of male genitalia.
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFF36F8FCFEEED9D3" bold="true" box="[151,294,1908,1932]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4967070DFE8FF8FDFDC8D9D3" box="[302,512,1909,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 428 1/2, drawing of male genitalia; a, dorsal view; b, ventral view
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(scale bar =
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).
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF67FF1FFEA8DEEE" bold="true" box="[198,352,151,177]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Description:</emphasis>
Male head deformed,
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long; ocelli absent; antenna
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long, much longer than head, distinctly hairy, with 14 flagellomeres with long setae (shortest
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long, longest
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long), pedicel broad and short, with 2 setae; 13
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flagellomere very long,
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long, 14
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with distinctly apical nipple, with subapical seta; eye bare but deformed, with strong apically expanded dorsomedial exptention, with 5 ommatidia at apex; all palpomeres with few setae, no frontal setae, 2 postocular setae, inner vertical and outer vertical setae not visible, probably absent. Thorax
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long,
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wide, more than
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high; scutellum, postnotum and scutal tubercle not visible; supraalar and prealar setae not visible; few anterior acrostichal and dorsocentral setae, preepisternum bare. Wing macropterous,
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long,
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wide, hyaline, without macrotrichia; anal vein An
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absent; radius with 2 branches R
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and R
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, R
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absent; costa not produced after last branch of radius and ending before apex of wing; only M
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and M
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present; cross­vein MCu present. Halter
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long. Fore femur
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long, tibia
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long, tarsus
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long, mid femur
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long, tibia
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long; tarsus
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long, hind femur
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long, tibia
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long, tarsus
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long; only 1 mid and hind tibial spur, both very long and curved, with no or very reduced lateral teeth; ta4 cylindriform; hind tibial comb of 1 row. Abdomen
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long,
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wide; gonostylus elongate and narrow,
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long,
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wide; gonocoxite with long setae on outer surface,
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long,
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wide; anal point broad and conical,
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long,
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wide at base.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF67FCA8FE9CDD65" bold="true" box="[198,340,800,826]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Discussion:</emphasis>
In the key to dipteran families of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFD41FCA9FC66DD64" author="McAlpine, J. F." box="[736,942,801,827]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="89 - 124" refId="ref38752" refString="McAlpine, J. F. (1981) Key to families, adult. In: McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Teskey, H. J., Vockeroth, J. R. &amp; Wood, D. M. (Coordinators). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 1, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph, Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 89 - 124." type="book chapter" year="1981">McAlpine (1981)</bibRefCitation>
, this fossil falls in the
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFB15FCA9FA87DD64" authorityName="Skuse" authorityYear="1889" box="[1204,1359,801,827]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Tanypodinae">Tanypodinae</taxonomicName>
. In the keys to Nearctic tanypodine tribes and genera of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFD47FCC1FC58DD3C" author="Fittkau, E. J." box="[742,912,841,867]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 453" refId="ref37417" refString="Fittkau, E. J. (1962) Die Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Die Tribus Anatopyniini, Macropelopiini und Pentaneurini. Abhandlungen Larvalsystematik der Insekten, 6, 1 - 453." type="journal article" year="1962">Fittkau (1962)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFC6FFCC1FBB9DD3C" author="Oliver, D. R." box="[974,1137,841,867]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="423 - 457" refId="ref39516" refString="Oliver, D. R. (1981) Chironomidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., Peterson, B. V., Shewell, G. E., Teskey, H. J., Vockeroth, J. R. &amp; Wood, D. M. (Coordinators). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 1, Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Monograph, Ottawa, Ontario, pp. 423 - 457." type="book chapter" year="1981">Oliver (1981)</bibRefCitation>
and the key to Holarctic genera of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFEACFCF9FDFFDDD4" author="Murray, D. A. &amp; Fittkau, E. J." box="[269,567,881,907]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="37 - 123" refId="ref39006" refString="Murray, D. A. &amp; Fittkau, E. J. (1989) The adult males of Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) of the Holarctic region - keys and diagnoses. In: Wiederholm, T. (Ed.). Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult males. Entomologica Scandinavica, (Supplement), 34, 37 - 123." type="journal article" year="1989">Murray &amp; Fittkau (1989)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFDE3FCF9FCE0DDD5" authority="Published, 2007" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[578,808,881,906]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFDE3FCF9FCE0DDD5" box="[578,808,881,906]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22057944966070CFC91FCF9FCA7DDD4" box="[816,879,881,907]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
falls in the
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFC5BFCF9FB46DDD4" authorityName="Hennig" authorityYear="1950" box="[1018,1166,881,907]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pentaneurini">Pentaneurini</taxonomicName>
because of the following characters: tarsomere 4 of all tarsi cylindrical; FCu proximal to or opposite MCu; costa not produced after the last branch of the radius; no posterior anepisternals or preepisternals, and posnotum always bare.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFA8CFC49FED0DA5D" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFA8CFC49FED0DA5D" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in a group of recent genera having a wing without R
<subScript id="17E334B84966070CFC07FC71FC77DA58" attach="left" box="[934,959,1017,1031]" fontSize="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2+3</subScript>
and with a rather reduced venation with the main veins ending well basal of the wing apex, i.e.,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFCEFFB9CFB42DA72" authority="Kieffer, 1923" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1923" box="[846,1162,1043,1069]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFCEFFB9CFC14DA72" box="[846,988,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus</emphasis>
Kieffer, 1923
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFB3BFB9CFF1CDA0A" authority="Fittkau, 1962" authorityName="Fittkau" authorityYear="1962" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Monopelopia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFB3BFB9CFAFEDA72" box="[1178,1334,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Monopelopia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFAE3FB9BFF1CDA0A" author="Fittkau, E. J." pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 453" refId="ref37417" refString="Fittkau, E. J. (1962) Die Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Die Tribus Anatopyniini, Macropelopiini und Pentaneurini. Abhandlungen Larvalsystematik der Insekten, 6, 1 - 453." type="journal article" year="1962">Fittkau, 1962</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFF7EFBB4FD47DA0A" authority="Murray &amp; Fittkau, 1988" authorityName="Murray &amp; Fittkau" authorityYear="1988" box="[223,655,1083,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Schineriella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF7EFBB4FEA5DA0A" box="[223,365,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Schineriella</emphasis>
Murray &amp; Fittkau, 1988
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFD6AFBB4FBCBDA0A" authority="Fittkau, 1962" authorityName="Fittkau" authorityYear="1962" box="[715,1027,1083,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Labrundinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFD6AFBB4FC96DA0A" box="[715,862,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Labrundinia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4966070CFCC5FBB3FBCBDA0A" author="Fittkau, E. J." box="[868,1027,1083,1109]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 453" refId="ref37417" refString="Fittkau, E. J. (1962) Die Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae). Die Tribus Anatopyniini, Macropelopiini und Pentaneurini. Abhandlungen Larvalsystematik der Insekten, 6, 1 - 453." type="journal article" year="1962">Fittkau, 1962</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFBAFFBB4FB69DA0A" authorityName="Fittkau" authorityYear="1962" box="[1038,1185,1084,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Labrundinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFBAFFBB4FB69DA0A" box="[1038,1185,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Labrundinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has very reduced tibial spurs, unlike
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFEFEFBECFE1CDA22" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[351,468,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFEFEFBECFE1CDA22" box="[351,468,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFE44FBECFDBADA22" authorityName="Murray &amp; Fittkau" authorityYear="1988" box="[485,626,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Schineriella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFE44FBECFDBADA22" box="[485,626,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Schineriella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two mid­tibial spurs instead of one, as in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFB03FBECFADFDA22" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1186,1303,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFB03FBECFADFDA22" box="[1186,1303,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The tibial spurs of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFF5BFB04FEA5DAFA" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[250,365,1164,1189]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF5BFB04FEA5DAFA" box="[250,365,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFDD6FB04FCCDDAFA" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1923" box="[631,773,1164,1189]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFDD6FB04FCCDDAFA" box="[631,773,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFC9CFB04FC11DAFA" authorityName="Fittkau" authorityYear="1962" box="[829,985,1164,1189]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Monopelopia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFC9CFB04FC11DAFA" box="[829,985,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Monopelopia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The dorsomedial extension of the eye of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFF19FB3CFE9CDA92" authorityName="Fittkau" authorityYear="1962" box="[184,340,1204,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Monopelopia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF19FB3CFE9CDA92" box="[184,340,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Monopelopia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is slightly tapered with only two ommatidia at the apex, instead of five, as in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFB55FB3CFAA1DA92" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[1268,1385,1204,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFB55FB3CFAA1DA92" box="[1268,1385,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFF36FB54FEEDDAAA" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1923" box="[151,293,1244,1269]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF36FB54FEEDDAAA" box="[151,293,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Also,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFEDBFB54FE25DAAA" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[378,493,1244,1269]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFEDBFB54FE25DAAA" box="[378,493,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has no wavy setae on the apical third of the terminal flagellomere, unlike
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFAF6FB54FF22DB42" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFAF6FB54FF22DB42" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We provisionally place
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFDACFA8CFD48DB42" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[525,640,1284,1309]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prieuri">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFDACFA8CFD48DB42" box="[525,640,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. prieuri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4966070CFD07FA8CFCFBDB42" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1923" box="[678,819,1284,1309]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Nilotanypus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFD07FA8CFCFBDB42" box="[678,819,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nilotanypus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD836FD4966070CFF67FAA3FD56DB1A" blockId="21.[151,1439,151,1349]" box="[198,670,1323,1349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4966070CFF67FAA3FEF5DB1A" bold="true" box="[198,317,1323,1349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Material:</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54DC885F4966070CFEE5FAA3FE79DB1A" box="[324,433,1323,1349]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
PA 428 1/2, (male).
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