Ploegia, Published, 2007

Published, First, 2007, Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae), Zootaxa 1404, pp. 1-66 : 37

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5076795

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE87EB-4957-073D-FF36-FF1FFA5EDFC3

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Ploegia
status

gen. nov.

Genus Ploegia View in CoL n. gen.

Type species: Ploegia occulata View in CoL n. sp.

Etymology: We name this genus after our friend Gaël De Ploëg who discovered the Oise amber.

Diagnosis: Male antenna distinctly hairy, eye without dorsomedial extension, mid and hind legs without pseudospur on tarsomere 1; wing membrane bare; scutum with median longitudinal groove; dorsocentrals uniserial; gonostylus simple, narrow and elongate, with strong apical megasetae; anal point narrow and short.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Chironomidae

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