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(
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47)
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49430729FF36FB15FED6DAE8" bold="true" box="[151,286,1181,1207]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Etymology</emphasis>
: This species is named for its separate hind tibial combs.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49430729FF67FB4DFE80DA80" bold="true" box="[198,328,1221,1247]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
13 flagellomeres; antennal ratio&gt; 0.35; scutal tubercle absent; hind tibial combs separate; mid and hind tibial combs bearing spurs; anal point present; inferior volsella elongate, apically globular; median volsella present.
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Head
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long; ocelli absent; antenna
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long, much longer than head, distinctly hairy, with 13 flagellomeres covered with long setae (shortest
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long, longest
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long), antennal ratio 0.75 (&gt; 0.35), pedicel broad and short, rounded, 13
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flagellomere
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long; eye bare but deformed, with strong dorsomedial extension, with 4 rows of ommatidia at minimum width; mouthparts lacking functional mandibles; 5 palpomeres with numerous setae; clypeus with few dorsal setae; postocular, frontal, inner vertical, and outer vertical setae absent. Thorax
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long,
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wide,
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high; postnotum bare, with distinct longitudinal median groove; surface of scutellum with 3 long setae; scutal tubercle absent; prealar and supraalar setae not visible; anterior acrostichal setae present, uniserial and decumbent; series of few dorsocentral setae; preepisternum bare.
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Wing macropterous, apically rounded,
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long,
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wide, hyaline, without macrotrichia but covered with microtrichia; anal vein An
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absent; radius with 3 branches R
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, R
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, R
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not divided into R
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and R
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, and very nearly to R
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; costa ending at level of insertion of last branch of radius; only M
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and M
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present; cross­vein MCu absent. 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; fore tibial scale bearing spine but not spur; hind tibial combs separate; mid and hind tibiae with 2 spurs, 1 on each comb; ta4 of all legs cylindrical, not cordiform; claw of all legs simple; pulvilli absent. Abdomen
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long; gonostylus with long setae,
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wide; fused to gonocoxite, gonocoxite
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long,
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wide, with long setae; anal point conical and long,
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wide at base; inferior volsella elongate, apically globular and with strong setae,
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long; median volsella present.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49420728FF36F8C5FEEED93A" bold="true" box="[151,294,1869,1893]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 45.</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 12425, photograph of habitus.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49420728FF36F8E7FEEED9D8" bold="true" box="[151,294,1903,1927]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 46.</emphasis>
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PA 12425, photograph of male genitalia.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49420728FF36F81AFEEED9F5" bold="true" box="[151,294,1938,1962]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">FIGURE 47.</emphasis>
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PA 12425, drawing of male genitalia (scale bar =
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).
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<subSubSection id="C37D65764941072BFF67FF1FFD39DD05" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF67FF1FFE9CDEEE" bold="true" box="[198,340,151,177]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Discussion:</emphasis>
The subfamilial and tribal placement of this fossil in the
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is based on features stated above.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFE97FF48FD88DE86" box="[310,576,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes separata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be placed in
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFCABFF48FC6EDE86" box="[778,934,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for the following reasons, according to the key of Cranston
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFEFAFF60FE47DF5E" box="[347,399,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">et al</emphasis>
. (1989): wing apically rounded, antenna with 13 flagellomeres, fore tibial scale bearing spine but not spur, antennal ratio 0.75 (&gt; 0.35), median volsella present, mid and hind tibiae with their two combs bearing a spur, and anal point present.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFD12FEB0FC76DF0E" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[691,958,312,337]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Paratendipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="separata">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFD12FEB0FC76DF0E" box="[691,958,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes separata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from recent species of this genus by its hind tibial combs being clearly separated (its mid tibial combs are fused, as in recent species of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFA95FEE8FF1DDFFE" authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Paratendipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFA95FEE8FF1DDFFE" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This difference would at least justify specific separation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836FD4941072BFF67FE38FCDEDD55" blockId="50.[151,1438,151,898]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
Based on
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4941072BFE9CFE38FDABDF95" author="Cranston, P. S. &amp; Hare, L." box="[317,611,432,458]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="247 - 264" refId="ref36810" refString="Cranston, P. S. &amp; Hare, L. (1995) Conochironomus Freeman: an Afro-Australian Chironomini genus revised (Diptera: Chironomidae). Systematic Entomology, 20, 247 - 264." type="journal article" year="1995">Cranston &amp; Hare (1995)</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFDD0FE38FCC5DF96" box="[625,781,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs to a group of genera that comprise the genera
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF36FE50FEAADFAE" box="[151,354,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stictochironomus</emphasis>
Kieffer, 1919
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFDB9FE50FCE8DFAD" authority="Townes, 1945" authorityName="Townes" authorityYear="1945" box="[536,800,472,498]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Omisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFDB9FE50FDB8DFAE" box="[536,624,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Omisus</emphasis>
Townes, 1945
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFC8FFE50FB84DFAD" authority="Freeman, 1961" authorityName="Freeman" authorityYear="1961" box="[814,1100,472,498]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Skusella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFC8FFE50FC47DFAE" box="[814,911,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Skusella</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4941072BFC39FE50FB84DFAD" author="Freeman, P." box="[920,1100,472,498]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="611 - 737" refId="ref37695" refString="Freeman, P. (1961) The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9, 611 - 737." type="journal article" year="1961">Freeman, 1961</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFB2DFE50FEDFDC45" authority="Freeman, 1961" authorityName="Freeman" authorityYear="1961" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Conochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFB2DFE50FA9DDFAE" box="[1164,1365,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Conochironomus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4941072BFAFFFE50FEDFDC45" author="Freeman, P." pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="611 - 737" refId="ref37695" refString="Freeman, P. (1961) The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9, 611 - 737." type="journal article" year="1961">Freeman, 1961</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFE85FD88FEB4DC46" authorityName="Townes" authorityYear="1945" box="[292,380,512,537]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Omisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFE85FD88FEB4DC46" box="[292,380,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Omisus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFE19FD88FD4BDC46" box="[440,643,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Stictochironomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are excluded, based on the key of Cranston
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFB36FD88FB04DC46" box="[1175,1228,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">et al</emphasis>
. (1989).
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFA9BFD88FA53DC46" authorityName="Freeman" authorityYear="1961" box="[1338,1435,512,537]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Skusella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFA9BFD88FA53DC46" box="[1338,1435,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Skusella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has fused mid and hind tibial combs, each pair with one long spur, instead of two, as in in our fossil (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C4941072BFA95FDA0FF1EDC35" author="Freeman, P." pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="611 - 737" refId="ref37695" refString="Freeman, P. (1961) The Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 9, 611 - 737." type="journal article" year="1961">Freeman 1961</bibRefCitation>
). The mid and hind tibial combs of
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFDDCFDD8FC8EDC36" authorityName="Freeman" authorityYear="1961" box="[637,838,592,617]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Conochironomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFDDCFDD8FC8EDC36" box="[637,838,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Conochironomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are slightly separated, each bearing a spur, similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4941072BFF19FDF0FE0DDCCE" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" box="[184,453,632,657]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Paratendipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="separata">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF19FDF0FE0DDCCE" box="[184,453,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes separata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the former genus has a male antennal ratio of 2.0­3.0, instead of 0.75, as in
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF36FD28FE6ADCE6" box="[151,418,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes separata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and it has a scutal tubercle, unlike in
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFCD4FD28FBD9DCE6" box="[885,1041,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and our fossil (
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). As we have no information on the female adult, larva, and pupa of our fossils, we prefer to place the specimens in
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFE97FD78FE1ADD56" box="[310,466,752,777]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
rather than in a new genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD836FD4941072BFF67FC90FD39DD05" blockId="50.[151,1438,151,898]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF67FC90FEAADD6E" box="[198,354,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Paratendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a wide distribution in the Holarctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions. Its presence in the Early Eocene amber of
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is not surprising.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4941072BFF67FCEFFEF5DDDE" bold="true" box="[198,317,871,897]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Material:</emphasis>
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PA 12425,
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PA 4321, both males.
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