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

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 .