Protoculicoides revelatus, Borkent, 2019
publication ID |
0003-0082 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/060687F8-9247-FFDC-FE72-E3220284B5D6 |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Protoculicoides revelatus |
status |
sp. nov. |
Protoculicoides revelatus View in CoL , n. sp.
Figure 1A–E
DIAGNOSIS (male unknown): The only species of Cretaceous Ceratopogonidae with an elongate pedicel (fig. 1B, C) and flagellomeres 9–13 elongate (fig. 1C).
DESCRIPTION (male unknown): Female adult. Head (fig. 1A–C): Ommatidia narrowly abutting dorsomedially, with dorsomedial seta (fig. 1B). Antenna with 13 separate flagellomeres, flagellomeres 9–13 more elongate than 1–8 (fig. 1C), AR = 1.1, sensilla coeloconica not visible on flagellomere 1. Mouthparts elongate, length of mouthparts/length of tarsomere 5 of foreleg = 2.8, with details not visible (fig. 1B). Palpus with five segments, segment 3 elongate, sensilla not visible, segments 3/4 = 2.2. Thorax (fig. 1A–C): Scutal setae elongate, in welldefined rows (fig. 1C). Scutal suture well developed. Anapleural suture elongate (fig. 1A). Wing
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