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Praearchitipula abnormis Hao & Ren 2009

Description

Praearchitipula abnormis (Hao & Ren, 2009) —comb. nov.

(Fig. 2)

Architipula abnormis Hao & Ren, 2009: 172, figs 1–9.

Remarks. Architipula abnormis Hao & Ren, 2009 from the late Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou (China) was previously regarded as a member of the Limoniidae. After re-examining the holotype of A. abnormis, we found that the cross-vein sc-r was omitted in the original description (Fig. 2). It has a presectoral position and we propose to transfer this species from Limoniidae to Pediciidae.

This species corresponds mostly to the generic characters of Praearchitipula Kalugina, 1985, such as Rs bifurcating into a long R2+3 and a short R4+5; cross-vein r-m between R5 and M1+2. It differs from other species of Praearchitipula in the shorter length of d-cell, which is about 1/13 the length of wing.

Notes

Published as part of Gao, Jiaqi, Shih, Chungkun, Kopeć, Katarzyna, Krzemiński, Wiesław & Ren, Dong, 2015, New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia, pp. 240-249 in Zootaxa 3963 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/236280

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References

  • Hao, J. Y. & Ren, D. (2009) Two new fossil species of Limonidae (Diptera: Nematocera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China. Entomological News, 120 (2), 171 - 178. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3157 / 021.120.0206
  • Kalugina, N. S. & Kovalev, V. G. (1985) Dipterous insects of Jurassic Siberia. Paleontological Institute, Akademia Nauk, Moscow, 198 pp. [in Russian]