Cretasolva, Grimaldi, 2016

Grimaldi, David A., 2016, Diverse Orthorrhaphan Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) In Amber From The Cretaceous Of Myanmar: Brachycera In Cretaceous Amber, Part Vii David A. Grimaldi, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (408), pp. 1-132 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1

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scientific name

Cretasolva
status

gen. nov.

Cretasolva , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Apical flagellomere long, slender, as in Arthropeina . Distinguished from Archosolva (also in Burmese amber) by 0-2-2 long, slender tibial spurs; wing long and slender (W/L 0.30); vein C ends at apex of M 1; Rs not thickened or weakened; vein A 1 very long, apex meeting CuA 2 at midlength of wing; cell m long and narrow, nearly reaching to wing margin (M 3 +CuA 1 spur very short); tergite 1 without membranous area, transverse sulci on at least tergites 2–4.

TYPE SPECIES: Cretasolva burmitica , new species.

ETYMOLOGY: Taken directly from Cretaceous and Solva , but the name is not meant to imply a close relationship between it and Solva . The gen- der of the name is feminine.

COMMENTS: See above.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Xylomyidae

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