Zeliinia orientalis, BLAGODEROV & GRIMALDI, 2004

BLAGODEROV, VLADIMIR & GRIMALDI, DAVID, 2004, Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous Ambers, Exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae, American Museum Novitates 3433 (1), pp. 1-76 : 43-45

Zeliinia orientalis , new species

Figures 58–61 , Plate 6B

DIAGNOSIS: Genitalia longer than wide; gonostyli bilobate. Tergite 9 obovate, with numerous setae at apex.

DESCRIPTION: Male. Body length = 1.25 mm; wing length = 1.07 mm. Head: Ocelli three, close to each other. Eyes strongly incised, forming incomplete bridge. Pedicel slightly wider than scape and flagellum; 14 cylindrical flagellomeres with length 2Χ width. Three palpomeres seen, sticklike, length ratio 1:1.3:2. Thorax: Scutum with long lateral, dorsocentral, and acrostichal setae. Katepisternum larger than anepisternum, proepimeron touches katpisternum at small excavation. Antepronotum and proepimeron setose. Laterotergites and mediotergite bare. Wing: Costa slightly produced beyond apex of R 5. Sc free, ends at the middle of r­m. R 1 and R 5 with long dorsal and ventral setae. Crossvein r­m forming one vein with tb and M2 section, equal to 1.5Χ length of R 1. Length of R 5 2.8Χ R 1. Base of M3 faint. M 1 ends at wing apex, base curved posteriorly. Base of M 3+4 and CuA fork contact r­m. Legs: Tibial setulae irregular. Tibia II with apical comb of setae. Tibial spurs 1–1.5Χ tibial diameter, spur formula 1:1:1. Abdomen setose, 7th and 8th segments short, narrow, retractable. Genital complex large, length equal to 4th–8th segments combined. Ninth tergite fiddle­shaped, with two apical combs of dark setae. Gonocoxites rectangular in lateral view. Gonostyli bilobate.

MATERIAL: Holotype AMNH Bu­315, male. Myanmar: Katchin , from amber mines near Myitkyina.

ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet is a Latin word orientalis , meaning ‘‘eastern’’, referring to origin of the amber.

Figures

Figs. 58–63. Zeliinia, n.gen. 58. Z. orientalis, n.sp., holotype AMNH Bu­315. 59. Wing. 60. Male genitalia laterally. 61. Male genitalia dorsally. 62. Z. occidentalis, n.sp., holotype MCZC 6943. 63. Male genitalia.