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species,
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, described below. Monotypic.
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFF2CFDBC832075F9" bold="true" box="[151,274,620,647]" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This new genus, which belongs to the tribe
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Micromyini (
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, is described here for a single species whose males bear a close resemblance to
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFCCAFD4081EF75D4" box="[881,989,656,682]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
Pritchard. Distinctions
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concern the genitalic structures, which in
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are small, uniform, and of such simplified structure that they might reflect the hypothetical ground pattern of
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(
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: fig. 18AB). The genitalia of
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, which are larger and more complex, show the following peculiarities (
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): the sclerotized apex of the tegmen is shaped like a stand-up collar (↓
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); the parameral apodemes are strongly enlarged (↓
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); the hypoproct is vestigial; the cerci are prominent (↓
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); and both the gonostylar body and tooth are flattened (↓
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). These characters are rated here as significant enough to justify the introduction of a discrete genus (see Discussion). Females and preimaginal stages of
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are unknown.
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFF7CFC61837C74B5" bold="true" box="[199,334,945,971]" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Etymology.</emphasis>
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is an anagram of
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFD35FC6080C874B4" box="[654,762,944,970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
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. The gender of the name is female.
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFF7CFC04837E7491" bold="true" box="[199,332,980,1007]" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Discussion.</emphasis>
Within
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,
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is one of three genera in which the bulk of translucent sensilla on the male antenna are slender, single-pointed hairs (
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); the other such genera are
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and
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFAB5FC2882FF7348" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Pseudoperomyia</emphasis>
Jaschhof &amp; Hippa. A
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singularity of
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFDDEFBCC81127348" box="[613,800,1052,1078]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Pseudoperomyia</emphasis>
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is the presence of bottle-shaped sensilla, which occur in small numbers among hair-shaped translucent sensilla (
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: fig. 11 for a schematic overview of sensilla
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found in
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). Male morphology provides no clues for the assumption of closer relationship between
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and
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFD90FB5880AF73DC" box="[555,669,1160,1186]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Ladopyris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. All the more obvious are the similarities shared by
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFB42FB58875973DC" authority="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof, 2020" authorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" authorityYear="2020" box="[1273,1387,1160,1186]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Ladopyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFB42FB58875973DC" box="[1273,1387,1160,1186]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Ladopyris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFF2CFB7C833173B8" authorityName="Pritchard. Distinctions" authorityYear="1947" box="[151,259,1196,1222]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Polyardis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFF2CFB7C833173B8" box="[151,259,1196,1222]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as the sparseness of postocular bristles, the 3-segmented palpus, the sickle-shaped claws, and the claw-long empodia. As mentioned above, the only significant differences concern genitalic structures.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8A36EFFFC7FF8BFF7CFB2581CB71C0" blockId="6.[151,1437,620,1727]" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">
New genera introduced for single species with aberrant genitalic morphology are not unproblematic, more so in the tribe
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFEACFAC883AF724C" baseAuthorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[279,413,1304,1330]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Micromyini">Micromyini</taxonomicName>
whose generic classification is in need of fundamental revision (see below the introductory remarks on
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFEA2FAEC83A57228" box="[281,407,1340,1366]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Xylopriona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). That said, the pros and cons of taxonomic decisions need to be weighed as cases arrive. We have refrained from classifying
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFE45FAB180587204" authorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" authorityYear="2020" box="[510,618,1376,1402]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Ladopyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baltica">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFE45FAB180587204" box="[510,618,1376,1402]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">L. baltica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFD10FAB081257204" authorityName="Pritchard. Distinctions" authorityYear="1947" box="[683,791,1376,1402]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Polyardis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFD10FAB081257204" box="[683,791,1376,1402]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in our view the only alternative possible because this would require amending the generic definition in an inappropriate manner. It must be remembered that
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<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFA8BFA5487AE72E0" box="[1328,1436,1412,1438]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an unusually homogenous group of species, of which none shows the slightest sign of aberrant morphology. At the same time, the genitalic structure of
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFDEDFA1D80F07298" authorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" authorityYear="2020" box="[598,706,1484,1510]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Ladopyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baltica">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFDEDFA1D80F07298" box="[598,706,1484,1510]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">L. baltica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unusual even with respect to
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other than
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFA92FA1C87A77298" authorityName="Pritchard. Distinctions" authorityYear="1947" box="[1321,1429,1484,1510]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Polyardis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFA92FA1C87A77298" box="[1321,1429,1484,1510]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Polyardis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which subtriangular, scutellate tegmina devoid of any substructures prevail. The only exception here is
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFAFBFA2083327150" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Pseudoperomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFAFBFA2083327150" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Pseudoperomyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to present knowledge an exclusively Eastern Palearctic / Oriental genus, in which tegmina (as well as other genitalic structures) show a wide range of modifications unknown from other
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Micromyini (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA44B1EFFC7FF8BFB6AF9E882E17109" author="Jaschhof, M. &amp; Hippa, H." pageId="6" pageNumber="355" pagination="147 - 171" refId="ref13581" refString="Jaschhof, M. &amp; Hippa, H. (1999) Pseudoperomyia gen. n. from Malaysia and the phylogeny of the Micromyidi. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 49 (1), 147 - 171." type="journal article" year="1999">Jaschhof &amp; Hippa 1999</bibRefCitation>
)
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. The most likely explanation why
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFDE3F98D80F17108" authorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" authorityYear="2020" box="[600,707,1628,1654]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Ladopyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baltica">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFDE3F98D80F17108" box="[600,707,1628,1654]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">L. baltica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at present appears to be such an outlier among
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is that its closest relatives remain undiscovered. In other words, we think it likely that further
<taxonomicName id="4C354D6CFFC7FF8BFBD4F95086D371E4" authority="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof, 2020" authorityName="Jaschhof &amp; Jaschhof" authorityYear="2020" box="[1135,1249,1664,1690]" class="Insecta" family="Cecidomyiidae" genus="Ladopyris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B941EAFDFFC7FF8BFBD4F95086D371E4" box="[1135,1249,1664,1690]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="355">Ladopyris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will be found in those parts of the Palearctic region where
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are yet unresearched.
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