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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4961070BFF36FBAAFEFADA63" bold="true" box="[151,306,1058,1084]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
(
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4961070BFF36FB1DFEEFDAF0" bold="true" box="[151,295,1173,1199]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named for the Eocene age of the fossil.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4961070BFF67FB35FE80DA88" bold="true" box="[198,328,1213,1239]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Gonostylus elongate and narrow, with characteristic cochleariform megaseta pointed; wing hyaline; no trace of coloured bands on legs.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4961070BFF67FA85FEA9DB78" bold="true" box="[198,353,1293,1319]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Description:</emphasis>
Male head deformed; ocelli absent; antenna
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long, much longer than head, distinctly hairy, with 13 flagellomeres with long setae (shortest
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long, longest
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long), pedicel broad and short, with few setae; 12
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flagellomere long (
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), 13
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with distinct apical nipple; eye bare but deformed, with apically expanded dorsomedial exptention; all palpomeres with numerous 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,
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high; postnotum bare, with longitudinal median groove; numerous long setae on surface of scutellum; scutal tubercle not visible, may be absent; supraalar and prealar setae not visible; no anterior acrostichals visible, numerous long dorsocentral setae. Wing macropterous,
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long,
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wide, hyaline, with macrotrichia, covered with microtrichia; anal vein An
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absent; radius with 3 branches R
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and R
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, R
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apically forked into R
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and R
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; R
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ending in R
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, R
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ending in costa; costa not produced after last branch of radius; only M
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and M
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present; cross­vein MCu present; MCu beyond cubital fork; cross­vein
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long. Halter not visible. Fore femur
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long, tibia
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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, tarsus
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long; all tibial spurs with lateral teeth, comb­like; 2 hind leg tibial spurs, respectively
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long and
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long; ta4 cylindriform; hind tibial comb of 1 row. Abdomen
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long,
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wide; gonostylus elongate and narrow, megaseta clochleariform with pointed subterminal setae,
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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 and volsellae not visible.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF36FD6BFEEEDCA4" bold="true" box="[151,294,739,763]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, holotype PA 534, drawing of male genitalia (scale bar = 0.1 mm).
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF67FCDEFE9CDD2F" bold="true" box="[198,340,854,880]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Discussion:</emphasis>
In the key to dipteran families of
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, this fossil falls in the
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. In the keys to Nearctic tanypodine tribes and genera of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4960070AFD47FCF6FC58DDC7" author="Fittkau, E. J." box="[742,912,894,920]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" 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="EFF64B0C4960070AFC6FFCF6FBB9DDC7" author="Oliver, D. R." box="[974,1137,894,920]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" 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="EFF64B0C4960070AFEADFC2EFDFEDD9F" author="Murray, D. A. &amp; Fittkau, E. J." box="[268,566,934,960]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" 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>
,
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFDE0FC2EFD10DDE0" box="[577,728,934,959]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFD48FC2EFC89DDE0" box="[745,833,934,959]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFCF2FC2EFC73DDE0" box="[851,955,934,959]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">eocenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in the
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because of the following characters: tarsomere 4 of all tarsi cylindrical, comb of hind tibia with single row of bristles, R
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and R
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present and joined, FCu proximal to or opposite MCu, costa not produced after last branch of radius, no posterior anepisternals or preepisternals, and posnotum always bare.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFC22FBA9FBD2DA65" box="[899,1050,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFB8DFBA9FB4CDA65" box="[1068,1156,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFB34FBA9FB35DA65" box="[1173,1277,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">eocenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would fall in the recent genus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFEFCFBC1FD0ADA3C" authority="Johannsen, 1905" authorityName="Johannsen" authorityYear="1905" box="[349,706,1097,1123]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFEFCFBC1FE3CDA3D" box="[349,500,1097,1122]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
Johannsen, 1905
</taxonomicName>
, based on the character gonostylus elongate and narrow, with characteristic cochleariform megaseta and in the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFCCFFBF9FBB3DAD4" authority="Roback, 1971" authorityName="Roback" authorityYear="1971" box="[878,1147,1137,1163]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Karelia">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFCCFFBF9FC0EDAD5" box="[878,966,1137,1162]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
Roback, 1971
</taxonomicName>
, based on the character subterminal setae of gonostylus pointed.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFD26FB11FC37DAED" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[647,1023,1177,1203]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eocenica" subGenus="Karelia">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFD26FB11FCD7DAED" box="[647,799,1177,1202]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFC8FFB11FC4EDAED" box="[814,902,1177,1202]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFC36FB11FC37DAED" box="[919,1023,1177,1202]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">eocenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has some similarities with
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFA9DFB11FF74DA85" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Coffmania</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4960070AFF64FB49FE33DA84" author="Hazra, N. &amp; Chaudhuri, P. K." box="[197,507,1217,1243]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="169 - 179" refId="ref38021" refString="Hazra, N. &amp; Chaudhuri, P. K. (2000) Coffmania, a new tanypod genus from the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas, India (Diptera: Chironomidae). Annales de Limnologie, 36, 169 - 179." type="journal article" year="2000">Hazra &amp; Chaudhuri, 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, in the shape of its tibial spurs and long gonostylus, but the latter has a strong apical spur on its gonostylus, very different from the cochleariform megaseta of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFBEBFB61FDD6DB74" authority="(Hazra &amp; Chaudhuri 2000)" baseAuthorityName="Hazra &amp; Chaudhuri" baseAuthorityYear="2000" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eocenica" subGenus="Karelia">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFBEBFB61FB2ADB5D" box="[1098,1250,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFB52FB61FA83DB5D" box="[1267,1355,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFAFDFB61FF01DB75" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">eocenica</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. It is not possible to compare our fossil to all the recent species of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFAFAFA99FF3FDB0D" authorityName="Johannsen" authorityYear="1905" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFAFAFA99FF3FDB0D" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subgenus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFE27FAB1FE16DB0D" authorityName="Roback" authorityYear="1971" box="[390,478,1337,1362]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Karelia">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFE27FAB1FE16DB0D" box="[390,478,1337,1362]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because they differ in the detailed shape of the apex of their gonostyli. Nevertheless, we prefer to name this species because it is the oldest representative of this genus.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4960070AFB5CFAE9FA54DB24" author="Grund, M." box="[1277,1436,1377,1403]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="29 - 34" refId="ref37771" refString="Grund, M. (2005) Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) of Dominican amber. Ablabesmyia electrohispanolana, sp. n. and paleoecological indications due to subfamily proportions. Insect Systematics &amp; Evolution, 36, 29 - 34." type="journal article" year="2005">Grund (2005)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4960070AFEAFFA01FDB0DBFD" box="[270,632,1417,1442]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Ablabesmyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="electrohispaniola">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFEAFFA01FDB0DBFD" box="[270,632,1417,1442]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Ablabesmyia electrohispaniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Miocene Dominican amber, which has pigmented bands on the wings, unlike
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFED2FA39FE4DDB95" box="[371,389,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A</emphasis>
.
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(
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFE00FA39FE7CDB95" box="[417,436,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">K</emphasis>
.)
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFE71FA39FDF0DB95" box="[464,568,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">eocenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Recent species of
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFC8AFA39FC4BDB95" box="[811,899,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Karelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known from the Holarctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, and Oriental regions. Thus, it is probably an ancient group, and its discovery in the early Eocene is not surprising.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37D65764960070AFF67F9A0FDB9D81C" box="[198,625,1576,1603]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BD836FD4960070AFF67F9A0FDB9D81C" blockId="19.[151,1437,854,1603]" box="[198,625,1576,1603]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4960070AFF67F9A0FEF5D81D" bold="true" box="[198,317,1576,1602]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Material:</emphasis>
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PA 534, (male).
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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