Plesiognoriste, 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 : 14-15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2004)433<0001:FSDICA>2.0.CO;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5060472
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87C9-FF8D-FF91-FC97-FAF9FDF0FE89
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plesiognoriste
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Plesiognoriste , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Wing membrane without macrotrichia. Palpi short, twosegmented. Face wide, about onethird of head width. Eyes of male relatively small, setose. Proboscis not distended. Laterotergites bare. All veins with setae. R 5 runs very close to R 1. RS base absent. M 2 absent. M 3+4 and CuA fork short. Middle and hind tibiae spurs almost equal in length. Tibial setulae forming more or less regular rows apically.

TYPE SPECIES: Plesiognoriste carpenteri , n.sp.

ETYMOLOGY: The genus name is a combination of plesion (Greek πληơ´ ov, or neighbor) and the genus name Gnoriste . The name is feminine.

COMMENTS: See under Protognoriste .