Burmapogon, Dikow & Grimaldi, 2014

Dikow, Torsten & Grimaldi, David A., 2014, Robber flies in Cretaceous ambers (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae), American Museum Novitates 3799, pp. 1-19 : 3

† Burmapogon , new genus

ZooBank LSID: BE54FF1B-9CD8-438B-BC61-7B3 E8672D850

(http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE54FF1B-9CD8-438B-BC61-7B3E8672D850 ).

ETYMOLOGY: From Burma, the original name of the country where this amber is deposited, and Greek pogon, “beard,” a common suffix of Asilidae generic names, referring to the mystax. The generic name, to be treated as masculine, refers to the region of the amber deposit.

TYPE SPECIES: † Burmapogon bruckschi , new species., by monotypy.

DIAGNOSIS: Small asilid flies with antennal postpedicel parallel sided (same width throughout) and laterally compressed; antennal stylus composed of one element tapering distally and with distinct apical, setalike sensory element; frons markedly and suddenly diverging laterally; all wing cells open; tibiae with numerous macrosetae and in particular with a large, trowelshaped metathoracic tibial spine; absence of notopleural (npl), supraalar (spa), and postalar (pal) macrosetae; female with acanthophorite plates and spines.