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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4947072DFF36FB8DFE0ADA40" bold="true" box="[151,450,1029,1055]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Microtendipes eocenicus</emphasis>
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(
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53)
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4947072DFF36FBF0FEEFDACD" bold="true" box="[151,295,1144,1170]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is named for the Eocene age of the fossil.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4947072DFF67FB28FE80DAE5" bold="true" box="[198,328,1184,1210]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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oblique to R
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; wing apically rounded; 13 flagellomeres; apex of fore tibia lacking spur; squama fringed; no patch of posteriorly directed setae on the apicomedial part of its fore femur; anal point apically spatulate; gonocoxites small.
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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, pedicel broad and short, rounded, 13
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flagellomere very long; eye bare but deformed, with strong parallel­sided dorsomedial extension, with 6 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 not visible. Thorax
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long,
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wide,
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high; scutum with distinct longitudinal median groove; postnotum bare, with distinct longitudinal median groove; surface of scutellum with few long setae; scutal tubercle absent; prealar and supraalar setae not visible; anterior acrostichal setae not visible, few dorsocentrals and uniserial setae. Wing macropterous, apically rounded,
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long,
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wide, hyaline, without macrotrichia but with fine punctution; anal vein An
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absent; radius with 3 branches R
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, R
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and R, R
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not divided into R
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and 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; 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, 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 tibia without spur or spine; 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,
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wide; gonostylus with long setae in outer surface and few short setae on inner surface,
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long,
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wide; delimited from gonocoxite, very short,
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long,
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wide, with long setae on outer surface; anal point narrow and elongate, apically spatulate,
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long,
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wide at base; inferior volsella elongate, apically rounded and with strong setae,
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long; median volsella not visible, superior volsella sickle­shaped.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFF36F8E5FEEED9DA" bold="true" box="[151,294,1901,1925]" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 51.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFE8CF8E6FDFED9DA" box="[301,566,1902,1925]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Microtendipes eocenicus</emphasis>
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, holotype PA 1683, photograph of habitus.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFF36F818FEEED9F7" bold="true" box="[151,294,1936,1960]" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 52.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFE8CF818FDFED9F8" box="[301,566,1936,1959]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Microtendipes eocenicus</emphasis>
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,
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PA 1683, photograph of male genitalia.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFF36F83BFEE1D994" bold="true" box="[151,297,1971,1995]" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 53.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4946072CFE90F83BFDF4D995" box="[305,572,1971,1994]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Microtendipes eocenicus</emphasis>
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,
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PA 1683, drawing of male genitalia; a, ventral view; b, dorsal view (scale bar =
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).
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<subSubSection id="C37D65764945072FFF67FF1FFA40DF0B" pageId="54" pageNumber="55" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFF67FF1FFE82DEEE" bold="true" box="[198,330,151,177]" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Discussion</emphasis>
: This fossil is in the chironomine genus
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFC8CFF10FC1DDEEE" box="[813,981,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Microtendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because of the following combination of characters (Cranston
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. 1989):
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oblique to R
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; wing apically rounded; 13 flagellomeres; apex of fore tibia lacking spur; and squama fringed. The only character of
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFC04FF63FB85DF5B" box="[933,1101,235,260]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Microtendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that is not present in
<taxonomicName id="4C674D7E4945072FFAEDFF63FEBDDF73" authorityName="Published" authorityYear="2007" class="Insecta" family="Chironomidae" genus="Microtendipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="54" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eocenicus">
<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFAEDFF63FEBDDF73" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Microtendipes eocenicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the presence of a patch of posteriorly directed setae on the apicomedial part of its fore femur. This character justifies a specific (if not generic) separation from all extant species of
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFB78FEB3FA49DF0B" box="[1241,1409,315,340]" italics="true" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Microtendipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B913EAEF4945072FFF67FEEAFEF5DF23" bold="true" box="[198,317,354,380]" pageId="54" pageNumber="55">Material:</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54DC885F4945072FFEE5FEEAFE79DF23" box="[324,433,354,380]" pageId="54" pageNumber="55" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
PA 1683 (male).
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