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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF496A0700FF36FE82FEEFDF7B" bold="true" box="[151,295,266,292]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named after the enigmatic affinities of this taxon within the
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: Same as that for the genus.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF496A0700FF36FB63FEE0DB5C" bold="true" box="[151,296,1259,1283]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF496A0700FE90FB64FDB9DB5C" box="[305,625,1260,1283]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Spinorthocladius enigmaticus</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 2355, drawing of habitus (scale bar = 1 mm), drawing of male genitalia (scale bar = 0.1 mm).
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Head deformed,
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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), pedicel broad and short, rounded, 13th flagellomere very long; eyes bare, with small dorsomedial extension, with 3 rows of ommatidia at minimum width; mouthparts lacking functional mandibles; 5 palpomeres with numerous setae; clypeus with few dorsal setae; 4 postocular setae, few outer vertical setae, frontal and inner vertical setae absent. Thorax
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long,
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high; postnotum bare, with visible longitudinal median groove; surface of scutellum with 8 long setae; scutal tubercle absent; acrostichals absent, dorsocentrals biserial; scutum without median longitudinal groove; 3 prealar and 1 supraalar setae; epimeron II, posterior mesanepisternum II and dorsal antepronotum bare. Wing macropterous,
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wide, hyaline, membrane bare; anal vein An
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not divided; costa ending just beyond insertion of last branch of radius, produced by
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, less than length of crossvein
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); only M
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present; cross­vein MCu absent; anal lobe well developed; squama fringed. 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; hind femur
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long, tibia
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long, tarsus
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long; ta4 of all legs cylindrical, not cordiform; fore tibia with 1 long spur, mid and hind tibiae with 2 long spurs; presence of well­developed hind tibial comb; ta1 and ta2 of mid and hind tibiae with 2 strong spurs, claw on all legs simple; pulvilli absent. Abdomen
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long,
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wide; gonostylus
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long,
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wide, hinged to gonocoxite and folded inward, with apical megasetae; 1 strong spur at apex of gonocoxite, gonocoxite (
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long and
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wide) with long setae; anal point present, but very small and reduced.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FF67FED7FE9CDF26" bold="true" box="[198,340,351,377]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Discussion:</emphasis>
In the key to dipteran families of
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, these fossils fall in the family
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. In the keys to Nearctic genera of
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, the key to Holarctic subfamilies of
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, and the key to Palaearctic subfamilies in Saether
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. (2000),
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falls in the subfamily
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because of the following characters: macropterous, wing extending posterior to first abdominal segment; cross­vein MCu absent; tarsomere ta5 not trifid; gonostylus movable, folded inward; fore tarsomere ta1 shorter than fore tibia; and hind tibial comb consisting of free spiniform setae.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FB75FDA0FA54DC1E" box="[1236,1436,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Spinorthocladius</emphasis>
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does not correspond to any of the described recent genera because it has one strong spur at the apex of the gonocoxite (see list of
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FE52FDF0FD45DCCD" author="Ashe, P." box="[499,653,632,658]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 68" refId="ref36285" refString="Ashe, P. (1983) A catalogue of Chironomidae genera and subgenera of the World including synonyms (Diptera: Chironomidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, (Supplement), 17, 1 - 68." type="journal article" year="1983">Ashe (1983)</bibRefCitation>
for old genera, and the two internet sites: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/ and http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&amp;search_value= 128475). The phylogenetic relationships of
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FB13FD40FAB3DCBE" box="[1202,1403,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Spinorthocladius</emphasis>
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within the
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E49690703FEF4FD78FDCBDD55" authorityName="Edwards" authorityYear="1929" box="[341,515,752,778]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Orthocladiinae">Orthocladiinae</taxonomicName>
cannot be established because the current phylogenies of this subfamily are based on a combination of characters of the adult, larva, and pupa (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FC7CFC90FB41DD6D" author="Brundin, L." box="[989,1161,792,818]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="5 - 185" refId="ref36396" refString="Brundin, L. (1956) Zur Systematik der Orthocladiinae (Dipt. Chironomidae). Report of the Institute of Freshwater Research Drottningholm, 37, 5 - 185." type="journal article" year="1956">Brundin 1956</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FB38FC90FAFBDD6D" author="Saether, O. A." box="[1177,1331,792,818]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 287" refId="ref40068" refString="Saether, O. A. (1976) Revision of Hydrobaenus, Trissocladius, Zalutschia, Paratrissocladius, and some related genera (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 195, 1 - 287." type="journal article" year="1976">Saether 1976</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FAE5FC90FA58DD6D" author="Saether, O. A." box="[1348,1424,792,818]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 209" refId="ref40112" refString="Saether, O. A. (1977 a) Female genitalia in Chironomidae and other Nematocera: morphology, phylogenies, keys. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 197, i - viii + 1 - 209." type="journal article" year="1977">1977a</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FF36FCC8FE97DD06" box="[151,351,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Spinorthocladius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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can be separated from the oldest fossil genus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E49690703FC46FCC8FA53DD05" authority="Veltz et al., 2007" authorityName="Veltz" authorityYear="2007" box="[999,1435,832,858]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Lebanorthocladius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FC46FCC8FB0DDD06" box="[999,1221,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Lebanorthocladius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FB6FFCC8FA53DD05" author="Veltz, I. &amp; Azar, D. &amp; Nel, A." box="[1230,1435,832,858]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref40826" refString="Veltz, I., Azar, D. &amp; Nel, A. (2007) New chironomid flies in the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). African Invertebrates, 47 (in press)." type="book" year="2007">
Veltz
<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FAB5FCC8FA82DD06" box="[1300,1354,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
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</taxonomicName>
(Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber) by the same characters (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FCCDFCE0FBF7DDDD" author="Veltz, I. &amp; Azar, D. &amp; Nel, A." box="[876,1087,872,898]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref40826" refString="Veltz, I., Azar, D. &amp; Nel, A. (2007) New chironomid flies in the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Diptera: Chironomidae). African Invertebrates, 47 (in press)." type="book" year="2007">
Veltz
<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FC12FCE0FC20DDDE" box="[947,1000,872,897]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFF64B0C49690703FBF4FCE0FAD8DDDD" author="Meunier, F." box="[1109,1296,872,898]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="274 - 286" refId="ref38969" refString="Meunier, F. (1916) Sur quelques Dipteres (Bombylidae, Leptidae, Dolichopodidae, Conopidae, Chironomidae) de l'ambre de la Baltique. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 5, 274 - 286." type="journal article" year="1916">Meunier (1916)</bibRefCitation>
established the Baltic amber genus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E49690703FE0CFC18FD81DDF6" authorityName="Meunier" authorityYear="1916" box="[429,585,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Cricotopiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FE0CFC18FD81DDF6" box="[429,585,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Cricotopiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, based on a single female, but it is poorly described and was not treated in a revision of Baltic amber
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E49690703FE55FC30FD54DD8D" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1834" box="[500,668,952,978]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Chironomidae</taxonomicName>
by Seredszus (2003). He indicated that it is similar to the recent genus
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E49690703FF43FC68FE3FDDA5" authority="Wulp, 1874" authorityName="Wulp" authorityYear="1874" box="[226,503,992,1018]" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Cricotopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FF43FC68FEACDDA6" box="[226,356,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Cricotopus</emphasis>
Wulp, 1874
</taxonomicName>
. It is impossible to compare it to
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FCDBFC68FB8ADDA6" box="[890,1090,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Spinorthocladius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, except for its smaller size (body
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long, instead of
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in
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FD70FB80FC51DA7E" box="[721,921,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Spinorthocladius</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A220579449690703FC00FB80FC3BDA7D" box="[929,1011,1032,1058]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" rank="genus">n. gen.</taxonomicNameLabel>
).
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF49690703FF67FBA7FEF5DA16" bold="true" box="[198,317,1071,1097]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Material:</emphasis>
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PA 2355,
<typeStatus id="54DC885F49690703FD8DFBB8FD59DA15" box="[556,657,1072,1098]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
PA 1742 (4/6), both males.
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