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<figureCitation id="132BE1C8FFED3C67679E34A0FE5A70BA" box="[435,571,897,923]" captionStart="FIGURE" captionStartId="6.[108,197,1285,1306]" captionTargetBox="[200,1125,232,1256]" captionTargetId="figure-108@6.[108,1212,224,1262]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE. 1. Antennae of Burmese amber Alavesia species, lateral views. All are males except N, O, P. Some antennae were reversed in direction for optimal comparison; longicornuta and longistylata are slightly reconstructed to account for curvature of the stylus. All are to the same scale. Specimen numbers: A. USNM PAL 726867. B. AMNH Bu-494. C. AMNH Bu-496. D. USNM PAL 726868. E. AMNH Bu-KL2-7. F. AMNH Bu-1476. G. JZC Bu-556 (AMNH). H. USNM PAL 726872. K. USNM PAL 726869. L. AMNH Bu-KL7-18. M. JZC Bu-282. N. Undetermined species. O. A. zigrasi. P. A. zigrasi." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5370401" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5370401/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Figures 1M</figureCitation>
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DIAGNOSIS: Large species (fig. 16), wing
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; M
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and R
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parallel; cell dm extending well beyond apex of cell cua; crossvein br-m at two-thirds of cell dm; CuA arched apically.
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DESCRIPTION (based on
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of
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well preserved; body almost entirely dark brown, including pleura and halter. Coxae mostly yellowish, dark area on distal portion of anterior surface. Forefemur yellowish, basal 2/3 of mid and hind femora yellowish, apices brown. Tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Wing slightly tinted, trailing edge lighter. All tergites dark, including epandrium; cerci light.
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Scape barely observable; pedicel short, conelike. Postpedicel large, broad (fig. 1M), L/
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. Stylus short, L 0.36
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length of postpedicel, with two small basal articles. Palpus broad, rounded apically; labellum with at least 10 pseudotracheae (fig. 9A, B).
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Macrosetae very thickened; acrostichals robust, in biserial rows; dorsocentral setae similar to acrostichals, ending in 2 pairs long prescutellars (posterior pair longest); 1 anterior and 1 posterior postpronotal seta; notopleural setae of variable lengths (3 most posterior ones thick and long); 1 postsutural supraalar seta; 1 postalar seta; 3 pairs scutellar setae, lateral pair 0.6
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L apical pair.
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Forecoxa with short, erect setae on anterior surface, 56 of them thick. Forefemur with anteroventral row of short, spinulelike setae; short row of such setae near apices of mid and hind femora. Tibiae with long apical ventral setae: 1-2-2. Hind tibia with dense dorsal row of setae, length about half width of tibia, plus row of ~6 larger, spinelike setae (length slight less than tibial width); posterior surface of hind tibia with fine, brushy setulae.
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Length
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(fig. 4B, C), vein C terminating slightly beyond M
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; Sc nearly reaching costal margin; R
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parallel to M
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; crossvein r-m at distal third of cell dm; apex of M
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slightly closer to M
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than to CuA+CuP; CuA oblique, slightly arched, not aligned with bm-m, apex of cell cua acute, cell cua longer than cell bm; apex of CuA+CuP slightly curved at apex. Vein A well developed.
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64668B3670FD49724A" bold="true" box="[166,296,337,363]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Abdomen:</emphasis>
Slightly longer than thorax, setae short, spinulelike setae on posterior and lateral margins of sternites 25. Segments 15 broad, others retracted into segment 5. Terminalia unique (fig. 7D): Epandrium dorsally incomplete, long fringe of ~8 setae on ventral margin. Cercus small; surstylus straight (curved slightly inward), projecting backward, thicker than in other species. Phallus flexed anteroventrad, apex bifid and minutely feathered.
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, male JZC Bu-281. The left antenna and distal half of the right foreleg lost
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.
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(
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Bu-KL9-21, JZC Bu-165a, JZC Bu-165b), JZC Bu-282 (male), genitalia not well preserved; coloration not preserved, body with some compression; differs from
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by venation (fig. 4C): r-m at middle of cell dm, bm-m and m-cu slanted, CuA strongly arched
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<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEE3C64668E35E6FEF87027" blockId="34.[108,1213,225,774]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">ETYMOLOGY: The specific epithet is named in honour of James Zigras, from whose collection these and other fossil specimens originate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEE3C6467D63476FF4C7050" blockId="34.[507,813,855,881]" box="[507,813,855,881]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Undetermined Specimens</paragraph>
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Four pieces of Burmese amber in the AMNH contain specimens that are difficult to identify to species, based on inadequate preservation. All except AMNH KL7-7 were found in a large batch of unprocessed amber (
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). A significant portion of Burmese amber contains arthropod inclusions that are too distorted by compression for definitive identification; since these usually contain many fine fractures, such pieces are rarely sold commercially, a source of the fossils that will skew the natural abundances of inclusions. The undetermined
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C646731334EFD1D77A8" box="[284,380,1135,1161]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Alavesia</emphasis>
species
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are reported here for the sake of completeness.
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64668B33B5FD0D778F" bold="true" box="[166,364,1172,1198]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">AMNH Bu-129:</emphasis>
Possibly male; postpedicel long, slender; R
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curved, quite divergent from M
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; CuA arched, not recurved. Amber turbid, fractured; specimen crumpled. Syninclusions:
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, female empidoid (?
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64641633FEFEA977D9" box="[571,712,1247,1272]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Neoturonius</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64668F3225FD3F763F" bold="true" box="[162,350,1284,1310]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">AMNH Bu-769:</emphasis>
Male, very poor preservation, identifiable as
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64657C3225FFCC763F" box="[849,941,1284,1310]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Alavesia</emphasis>
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on basis of very distinctive antennae. Left wing preserved but most venation not visible; CuA recurved. Piece with many fine fractures; fly is partial and crumpled. Syninclusions: particulate debris; undetermined larva.
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<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEE3C6466893255F8FC76DF" blockId="34.[107,1213,911,1758]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C6466893255FD0176AF" bold="true" box="[164,352,1396,1422]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">AMNH Bu-957:</emphasis>
Like
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64678D3255FE2676AF" box="[416,583,1396,1422]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">A. brevipennae</emphasis>
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a tiny species, postpedicel microtrichose and lanceolate (tapered for entire length), stylus microtrichose; R slightly arched, quite divergent with M
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. Unlike in
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C6466A1329EFCFE76F8" box="[140,159,1471,1497]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C646680329EFD5276F8" box="[173,307,1471,1497]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">brevipennae</emphasis>
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CuA is recurved (vs. acute). Head is deformed, but mouthparts well preserved and visible. Syninclusions: stellate trichomes, 2 fine feather barbs with very fine, short barbules.
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<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEE3C64668F3128F80D75B2" blockId="34.[107,1213,911,1758]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64668F3128FD317502" bold="true" box="[162,336,1545,1571]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectionCode id="ED016588FFEE3C64668F3128FC9A7502" box="[162,251,1545,1571]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">AMNH</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="DBB65536FFEE3C64672D3128FD2B7502" box="[256,330,1545,1571]" collectionCode="AMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">KL7-7</specimenCode>
:
</emphasis>
A piece that contains
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and
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of possibly
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64658E312BF8017502" box="[931,1120,1546,1572]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">A. myanmarensis</emphasis>
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. Species of average size; male postpedicel large, lanceolate
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;
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R
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+5 arched, M
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slightly arched, CuA arched (not recurved). Syninclusions indicate a ground-dwelling assemblage: Staphylinid beetle, cecidomyiid midge, 5 mites, soil particles, 3 leaflets (with parallel venation), a thrips, and a male coccoid
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.
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<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEE3C64668831BEF8DD75FF" blockId="34.[107,1213,911,1758]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
The following undetermined females of
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<emphasis id="B964215FFFEE3C64645331BEFEBF7598" box="[638,734,1695,1721]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Alavesia</emphasis>
species
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are reported here for the sake of completeness: JZC Bu-1729 (AMNH) (figs. 1N, 3F, 10C, 11EF, 17B); USNM PAL 726870
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<paragraph id="8BAFFD4DFFEF3C65664137C0FD2E7200" blockId="35.[108,1212,225,289]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">(USNM) (fig. 17C, E); USNM PAL 726874 (USNM) (figs. 11G, 17D); and USNM PAL 726875 (USNM) (fig. 17F).</paragraph>
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