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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AB6510D37202D3C" bold="true" box="[151,360,1050,1077]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
Tang, Shi, Wang &amp; Yang
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AB65148370E2D7E" box="[151,326,1119,1143]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
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species:
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.
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, by original designation.
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AB651D3372E2DD7" bold="true" box="[151,358,1220,1246]" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Included species.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360B5051D334932DD7" box="[369,731,1220,1246]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis</emphasis>
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(Hukawng Valley, northern
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; lowermost Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous).
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AE6501B37732C2F" bold="true" box="[199,315,1292,1318]" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Remarks.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360BE5501B34CD2C2F" box="[452,645,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
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was established to include a single species (
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360EAB501A32D32C2F" box="[1162,1179,1293,1318]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360E8A501B33002C2F" box="[1195,1352,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">hukawngensis</emphasis>
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) found from the amber of northern
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(
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Tang
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. 2019
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). The genus was not properly defined. The authors indicated three characters in their view that distinguished this taxon from other microphorines: pterostigma present, small cell br and vein M
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absent. However, all these characters are present in other microphorines.
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According to the original description,
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360858508A357A2CBF" box="[633,818,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">P. hukawngensis</emphasis>
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exhibits an interesting mosaic of characters. This species is relatively plesiomorphic in the following features: antenna placed near middle of head (fig. 2A), stylus two-articled, eyes bare, two pairs of scutellar setae, Sc fused to costa, bm-cu vein complete, long CuA+CuP (anal vein) extending almost to wing margin (fig. 2C), female tergite 10 with spine-like setae. However, the following characters are apomorphies: male eyes dichoptic, complete precoxal bridge, cell dm very narrow and almost parallel-sided, vein M
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absent. In addition, the authors mentioned an incomplete costa ending at R
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that, however, is not evident on the photos of figure 1 (
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Tang
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. 2019: 2
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). The shape of the discal cell is probably an autapomorphy of
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. In
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360B84538E37FE2FBB" box="[421,438,1689,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">P</emphasis>
.
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, the discal cell is unusually narrow and almost parallel-sided (
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360F02538E33232FBB" box="[1315,1387,1689,1714]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">versus</emphasis>
distinctly broadened toward apex) (
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Tang
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. 2019
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: fig. 2C).
</paragraph>
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A complete prothoracic precoxal bridge (prosternum fused laterally with proepisternum), described in
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360FA553F633DD2FF3" box="[1412,1429,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AB65213377C2E17" box="[151,308,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">hukawngensis</emphasis>
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, has never been found in microphorines. The prosternum is isolated in
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360E5F521332BE2E17" box="[1150,1270,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Microphor</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360F29521333D42E17" box="[1288,1436,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Schistostoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360AEA523F37262E4B" authorityName="Meunier" authorityYear="1908" box="[203,366,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Meghyperiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360AEA523F37262E4B" box="[203,366,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Meghyperiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but its condition is unknown in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D146513608DA523F35D22E4B" authorityName="Hennig" authorityYear="1971" box="[763,922,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D146513608DA523F35D22E4B" box="[763,922,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Microphorites</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1465136098D523F327B2E4B" authorityName="Grimaldi &amp; Cumming" authorityYear="1999" box="[940,1075,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1465136098D523F327B2E4B" box="[940,1075,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360E53523F328B2E4B" authorityName="Kaddumi" authorityYear="2005" box="[1138,1219,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360E53523F328B2E4B" box="[1138,1219,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Almost all recent
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360AB6525B37032E6F" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[151,331,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
(except
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360B8C525B34FA2E6F" authority="Ulrich" authorityName="Ulrich" authorityYear="1991" box="[429,690,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Plesiothalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360B8C525B342B2E6F" box="[429,611,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Plesiothalassius</emphasis>
Ulrich
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D146513608C8525B35BA2E6E" authority="Ulrich" authorityName="Ulrich" authorityYear="1991" box="[745,1010,1868,1895]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Amphithalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D146513608C8525B35EA2E6F" box="[745,930,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Amphithalassius</emphasis>
Ulrich
</taxonomicName>
) and all
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360E74525B33402E6F" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[1109,1288,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360F2E525A33D52E6F" box="[1295,1437,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360F2E525A33052E6F" box="[1295,1357,1869,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
have a precoxal bridge. In addition, this condition is present in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1465136094B526733412E83" authority="Cumming &amp; Brooks" authorityName="Cumming &amp; Brooks" authorityYear="2002" box="[874,1289,1904,1930]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Electrophorella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1465136094B526732512E83" box="[874,1049,1904,1930]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Electrophorella</emphasis>
Cumming &amp; Brooks
</taxonomicName>
known from Baltic amber (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14651360B1C528334382EA7" author="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E." box="[317,624,1940,1966]" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" pagination="41 - 54" refId="ref13849" refString="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E. (2002) Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica, 9 (1), 41 - 54." type="journal article" year="2002">Cumming &amp; Brooks 2002</bibRefCitation>
, 2019).
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D146513608F3528335332EA7" authorityName="Negrobov" authorityYear="1978" box="[722,891,1940,1966]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Archichrysotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D146513608F3528335332EA7" box="[722,891,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Archichrysotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360999528332CD2EA7" authorityName="Negrobov" authorityYear="1978" box="[952,1157,1940,1966]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Cretomicrophorus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360999528332CD2EA7" box="[952,1157,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Cretomicrophorus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14651360F0D528336AA2EDB" author="Negrobov, O. P." pageId="9" pageNumber="420" pagination="81 - 90" refId="ref15585" refString="Negrobov, O. P. (1978) Flies of the superfamily Empidoidea (Diptera) from Cretaceous retinite in northern Siberia. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 1978 (2), 81 - 90. [in Russian]" type="journal article" year="1978">Negrobov (1978)</bibRefCitation>
from Cretaceous resins of Siberia (Taymyr) have a precoxal bridge as well. However, in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14651360EE152AE336C2EDB" authorityName="Negrobov" authorityYear="1978" box="[1216,1316,1977,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Retinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="420" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14651360EE152AE336C2EDB" box="[1216,1316,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="420">Retinitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, described in the same paper, the condition of this character is unknown. The presence of the precoxal bridge is considered apomorphic (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350B22558037DD29B8" author="Chvala, M." box="[259,405,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 279" refId="ref13639" refString="Chvala, M. (1983) The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 12, 1 - 279." type="journal article" year="1983">Chvála 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350B815580346129B8" author="Ulrich, H." box="[416,553,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="187 - 216" refId="ref16641" refString="Ulrich, H. (1991) Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera: Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 42, 187 - 216." type="journal article" year="1991">Ulrich 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D145513508145580351229B8" author="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E." box="[565,858,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="41 - 54" refId="ref13849" refString="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E. (2002) Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica, 9 (1), 41 - 54." type="journal article" year="2002">Cumming &amp; Brooks 2002</bibRefCitation>
, 2019;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D1455135098B5580327D29B8" author="Ulrich, H." box="[938,1077,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="233 - 243" refId="ref16673" refString="Ulrich, H. (2004) Phylogenetic considerations about an early colonization of the sea coasts by Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia dipterologica, 11, 233 - 243." type="journal article" year="2004">Ulrich 2004</bibRefCitation>
). However, this character shows some variations in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B4F55AC346929DC" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[366,545,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1455135080855AC34D429DC" box="[553,668,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135080855AC342F29DD" box="[553,615,187,212]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
lato
</emphasis>
and is homoplasious in the
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513509FB55AC322929DC" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[986,1121,187,213]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="superFamily" superFamily="Empidoidea">Empidoidea</taxonomicName>
on the whole (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350F2A55AC368C29F0" author="Ulrich, H." pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="187 - 216" refId="ref16641" refString="Ulrich, H. (1991) Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera: Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 42, 187 - 216." type="journal article" year="1991">Ulrich 1991: 213</bibRefCitation>
, character 10;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350B4455C834F129F0" author="Sinclair, B. J. &amp; Cumming, J. M." box="[357,697,223,249]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 172" refId="ref16254" refString="Sinclair, B. J. &amp; Cumming, J. M. (2006) The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa, 1180 (1), 1 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1180.1.1" type="journal article" year="2006">Sinclair &amp; Cumming 2006: 30</bibRefCitation>
, character 30). In
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513509A355C8335829F0" authority=", Tang et al. (2019)" authorityName="Tang" authorityYear="2019" box="[898,1296,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Pristinmicrophor" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hukawngensis">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D145513509A355C835DB29F1" box="[898,915,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1455135098155C8327529F0" box="[928,1085,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">hukawngensis</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350E6B55C8335829F0" author="Tang, C. &amp; Shi, C. &amp; Wang, S. &amp; Yang, D." box="[1098,1296,223,249]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref16508" refString="Tang, C. - f., Shi, C., Wang, S. &amp; Yang, D. (2019) The first report of Dolichopodidae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 104, 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. cretres. 2019.07.009" type="journal article" year="2019">
Tang
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350EA955C832F029F0" box="[1160,1208,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">et al</emphasis>
. (2019)
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
describe the precoxal bridge as “complete, narrow”.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836A1D14551350AE6543035312B68" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
The male of
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B775430345A2848" box="[342,530,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Pristinmicrophor" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hukawngensis">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B775430372F2849" box="[342,359,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B545430345A2848" box="[373,530,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">hukawngensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has dichoptic head structure (there is a little confusion on this character between the description and discussion, but we follow the former), with eye margins converging toward antennae. Amongst microphorines, this condition was described in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350888547832C92880" authority="(Cumming &amp; Grimaldi 1999)" baseAuthorityName="Cumming &amp; Grimaldi" baseAuthorityYear="1999" box="[681,1153,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350888547835782880" box="[681,816,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
(Cumming &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D145513509F5547832312880" author="Grimaldi, D. A. &amp; Cumming, J. M." box="[980,1145,367,393]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 124" refId="ref14337" refString="Grimaldi, D. A. &amp; Cumming, J. M. (1999) Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 239, 1 - 124." type="journal article" year="1999">Grimaldi 1999</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and, probably, in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350F6A5478371D28A4" authority="(Kaddumi 2007)" baseAuthorityName="Kaddumi" baseAuthorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350F6A547833D42880" box="[1355,1436,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350ABE5484370528A4" author="Kaddumi, H. F." box="[159,333,403,429]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" refId="ref14564" refString="Kaddumi, H. F. (2007) The Amber of Jordan. The Oldest Prehistoric Insects in Fossilized Resin. 3 rd Edition. Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman, 298 pp." type="book" year="2007">Kaddumi 2007</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Dichoptic eyes are present in all male
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135092E5484358B28A4" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[783,963,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
(including fossils) and, with very few exceptions, in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B3E54A0379A28D8" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[287,466,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350BF854A0342E28D9" box="[473,614,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350BF854A0345F28D9" box="[473,535,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
. Traditionally, the dichoptic head structure of the male in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350ECE54A033D028D8" authorityName="Collin" authorityYear="1960" box="[1263,1432,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Microphorinae">Microphorinae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350AB654CC371828FC" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[151,336,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350BAA54CC340A28FC" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[395,578,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1455135086A54CC349428FD" box="[587,732,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135086A54CC34C328FD" box="[587,651,475,500]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
was viewed as apomorphic (
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E1354CC323328FD" box="[1074,1147,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">versus</emphasis>
holoptic) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350EDD54CC33DF28FC" author="Hennig, W." box="[1276,1431,475,501]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref14414" refString="Hennig, W. (1971) Insektenfossilien aus der unteren Kreide. III. Empidiformia (&quot; Microphorinae &quot;) aus der unteren Kreide und aus dem baltischen Bernstein; ein Vertreter der Cyclorrhapha aus der unteren Kreide. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 232, 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="1971">Hennig 1971</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350AB654E837652B10" author="Chvala, M." box="[151,301,511,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 279" refId="ref13639" refString="Chvala, M. (1983) The Empidoidea (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. General Part. The families Hybotidae, Atelestidae and Microphoridae. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 12, 1 - 279." type="journal article" year="1983">Chvála 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350B1A54E834222B10" author="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E." box="[315,618,511,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="41 - 54" refId="ref13849" refString="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E. (2002) Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica, 9 (1), 41 - 54." type="journal article" year="2002">Cumming &amp; Brooks 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Although,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D145513508D754E835D92B10" author="Ulrich, H." box="[758,913,511,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="187 - 216" refId="ref16641" refString="Ulrich, H. (1991) Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera: Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 42, 187 - 216." type="journal article" year="1991">Ulrich (1991)</bibRefCitation>
considered that this character cannot be definitely appraised. In the remaining
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350839573434D72B34" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[536,671,547,573]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="426" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="superFamily" superFamily="Empidoidea">Empidoidea</taxonomicName>
it is highly homoplasious (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D145513509F1573433612B34" author="Sinclair, B. J. &amp; Cumming, J. M." box="[976,1321,547,573]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="1 - 172" refId="ref16254" refString="Sinclair, B. J. &amp; Cumming, J. M. (2006) The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). Zootaxa, 1180 (1), 1 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1180.1.1" type="journal article" year="2006">Sinclair &amp; Cumming 2006: 21</bibRefCitation>
, character 1), sometimes, even within one genus and subgenus (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350902575035212B69" box="[803,873,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Empis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350902575035212B69" box="[803,873,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Empis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836A1D14551350AE6577C37C72A88" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
The wing of
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B7A577C34892B8C" box="[347,705,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor hukawngensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has only two M veins beyond the discal cell. However, vein M
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is absent, or M
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unforked, in
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350BCE579834DA2BA0" box="[495,658,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Meghyperiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(assigned to
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513509065798359A2BA3" authorityName="Collin" authorityYear="1960" box="[807,978,655,682]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Microphorinae">Microphorinae</taxonomicName>
), four genera of
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350EAA579833772BA0" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[1163,1343,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
(extinct
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350AB657A437082BC4" authorityName="Negrobov" authorityYear="1978" box="[151,320,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Archichrysotus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350AB657A437082BC4" box="[151,320,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Archichrysotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B5757A437922BC5" authorityName="Negrobov" authorityYear="1978" box="[374,474,691,716]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Retinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B5757A437922BC5" box="[374,474,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Retinitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, extant
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135081257A432452BC4" authority="Shamshev &amp; Grootaert" authorityName="Shamshev &amp; Grootaert" authorityYear="2003" box="[563,1037,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Chimerothalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1455135081257A4354C2BC4" box="[563,772,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Chimerothalassius</emphasis>
Shamshev &amp; Grootaert
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350E6557A4369A2BFB" authority="Brooks &amp; Cumming" authorityName="Brooks &amp; Cumming" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Neothalassius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E6557A432A92BC4" box="[1092,1249,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Neothalassius</emphasis>
Brooks &amp; Cumming
</taxonomicName>
) and in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B1457C037A02BF8" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[309,488,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350BD057C034C82BF9" box="[497,640,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350BD057C034672BF9" box="[497,559,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
(M
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forked in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135096157C035862BFB" authorityName="T.Becker" authorityYear="1917" box="[832,974,727,754]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Sciapodinae">Sciapodinae</taxonomicName>
). In addition,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350E5157C033432BF8" author="Ulrich, H." box="[1136,1291,727,753]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="187 - 216" refId="ref16641" refString="Ulrich, H. (1991) Two new genera of parathalassiine-like flies from South Africa (Diptera: Empidoidea). Bonner zoologische Beitrage, 42, 187 - 216." type="journal article" year="1991">Ulrich (1991)</bibRefCitation>
noted that a tendency for the reduction of M
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is present in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513508B057EC32542A1C" authority="Ulrich. This" authorityName="Ulrich. This" box="[657,1052,763,789]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Plesiothalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D145513508B057EC35D82A1C" box="[657,912,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Plesiothalassius flavus</emphasis>
Ulrich. This
</taxonomicName>
pattern suggests that the reduction of M
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has occurred several times within
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135087C560835582A30" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[605,784,799,825]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350936560835C02A30" box="[791,904,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513509365608351D2A31" box="[791,853,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
lato
</emphasis>
. It is likely that even within microphorines this character evolved independently twice because there is no evidence of closer relationships between
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350ED8565433D42A54" authorityName="Meunier" authorityYear="1908" box="[1273,1436,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Empididae" genus="Meghyperiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350ED8565433D42A54" box="[1273,1436,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Meghyperiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350AE6567037C02A88" box="[199,392,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF836A1D14551350AE6569C377A2C04" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1293]" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
To conclude,
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B7F569C34572AAC" box="[350,543,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shows closer affinities to
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350962569C35822AAC" box="[835,970,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E20569C321A2AAC" box="[1025,1106,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sharing dichoptic head structure of the male. In addition, this condition could be considered as a synapomorphy of
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E7756B8335F2AC0" box="[1110,1303,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350F0556B836F82AE5" baseAuthorityName="Cumming &amp; Grimaldi" baseAuthorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350F0556B836F82AE5" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350AE356C4375B2AE4" baseAuthorityName="Kaddumi" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[194,275,979,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350AE356C4375B2AE4" box="[194,275,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B7156C4344C2AE4" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[336,516,979,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
+
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135080B56C434952AE4" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[554,733,979,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D145513508C656C435302AE5" box="[743,888,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D145513508C656C4356D2AE5" box="[743,805,979,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
, i.e., the assemblage of
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350EB656C433102AE4" box="[1175,1368,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350F4B56C436BE2D18" baseAuthorityName="Cumming &amp; Grimaldi" baseAuthorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350F4B56C436BE2D18" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B0A56E037342D18" baseAuthorityName="Kaddumi" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[299,380,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350B0A56E037342D18" box="[299,380,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the sister lineage to
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135085D56E035782D18" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" box="[636,816,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135094456E032502D18" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[869,1048,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E3F56E032E22D19" box="[1054,1194,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350E3F56E032142D19" box="[1054,1116,1015,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD64B50D14551350E9656E0369C2D3C" author="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E." pageId="10" pageNumber="421" pagination="41 - 54" refId="ref13849" refString="Cumming, J. M. &amp; Brooks, S. E. (2002) Electrophorella, a new genus of parathalassiine flies from Baltic amber, with a cladistic analysis of the Microphorinae + Dolichopodidae lineage (Diptera: Empidoidea). Studia dipterologica, 9 (1), 41 - 54." type="journal article" year="2002">Cumming &amp; Brooks 2002</bibRefCitation>
). However, monophyly of the
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<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350806510C34A02D3C" box="[551,744,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350927510C35C52D3C" baseAuthorityName="Cumming &amp; Grimaldi" baseAuthorityYear="1999" box="[774,909,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350927510C35C52D3C" box="[774,909,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135098A510C35B42D3C" baseAuthorityName="Kaddumi" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[939,1020,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D1455135098A510C35B42D3C" box="[939,1020,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lineage is uncertain. The presence of the precoxal bridge in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350BBB512834132D50" box="[410,603,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Pristinmicrophor" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350BBB512834132D50" box="[410,603,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Pristinmicrophor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could provide additional evidence for close relationship with
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350F01512836902D74" authorityName="Chvála" authorityYear="1981" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Parathalassiinae">Parathalassiinae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350B335174378D2D74" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[274,453,1123,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Dolichopodidae</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350BEC517434132D75" box="[461,603,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350BEC517434432D75" box="[461,523,1123,1148]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Microphorites" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">sensu</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
. However, the condition of this character is unknown in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350EC5517433232D74" baseAuthorityName="Cumming &amp; Grimaldi" baseAuthorityYear="1999" box="[1252,1387,1123,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Avenaphora" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350EC5517433232D74" box="[1252,1387,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Avenaphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350AB6519036A02DA8" baseAuthorityName="Kaddumi" baseAuthorityYear="2007" box="[151,232,1159,1185]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Curvus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350AB6519036A02DA8" box="[151,232,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Curvus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Considering the plesiomorphic condition of the prothorax in the parathalassiine genera
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350E99519033262DA8" authorityName="Ulrich" authorityYear="1991" box="[1208,1390,1159,1185]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Plesiothalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350E99519033262DA8" box="[1208,1390,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Plesiothalassius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D14551350AB651BC37182DCC" authorityName="Ulrich" authorityYear="1991" box="[151,336,1195,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Amphithalassius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B933EAB3D14551350AB651BC37182DCC" box="[151,336,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="421">Amphithalassius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the presence of the precoxal bridge in
<taxonomicName id="4C474D22D1455135093451BC359A2DCC" box="[789,978,1195,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Dolichopodidae" genus="Pristinmicrophor" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hukawngensis">
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.
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may suggest homoplasy and conclusion about closer phylogenetic relationships of this taxon with
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+
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stricto
</emphasis>
would be premature.
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