Published March 7, 2019 | Version v1
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Myanmaro Giłka & Makarchenko & Pankowski & Zakrzewska 2019, gen. nov.

Description

Myanmaro gen. nov.

Type species: Myanmaro primus sp. nov. (by present designation).

Derivatio nominis. From Myanmar, the amber’s country of origin; noun suffixed with -o (masculine, 3 rd declension in Classic Latin).

Diagnosis. Adult male. Small, total length ~ 2.2 mm, wing length: ~1185 µm. Eyes bare, with wedge-like dorsomedian extension. Antepronotum with setae in lateral position, Ac minute, Dc bi- or multiserial, Scts uniserial, Pa bristle-like, postnotum bare. Anal lobe of wing well-developed, squama with setae, membrane without setae, with fine punctation. Tibial combs absent; pseudospurs on mid leg tarsomeres only (absent on fore and hind leg tarsi); claws strongly curved apically. Tergite IX extensive, with membranous posterior shoulders and longitudinal double keel diverging into median pit; anal point broad at base, with membranous lateral parts and well-pigmented median section. Gonostylus bifurcate: main branch with beak-shaped apex bearing short subapical setae, megaseta absent; inner branch thumb-shaped, without setae, connected by distinct articulation with main branch. Inferior volsella with head-like dorsal part and extensive ventral lobe covered with dense protuberances and setae.

Notes

Published as part of Giłka, Wojciech, Makarchenko, Eugenyi A., Pankowski, Mary K. & Zakrzewska, Marta, 2019, Myanmaro primus gen. et sp. nov., the first orthoclad (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, pp. 61-70 in Zootaxa 4565 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2589644

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Myanmaro
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Giłka & Makarchenko & Pankowski & Zakrzewska
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Myanmaro Giłka, Makarchenko, Pankowski & Zakrzewska, 2019