Archizelmira Rohdendorf, 1962

LUKASHEVICH, ELENA DMITRIEVNA, 2022, Revision of Archizelmira Rohdendorf, 1962 (Diptera, Archizelmiridae), Palaeoentomology 5 (3), pp. 254-261 : 255

Genus Archizelmira Rohdendorf, 1962

Archizelmira: Rohdendorf, 1962: 326 .

Archizelmira: Grimaldi et al., 2003: 369 .

Type species. Archizelmira kazachstanica Rohdendorf, 1962 ( Karatau , Kazakhstan, J 3; Shar Teg, Mongolia, J 3) .

Other species. Archizelmira baissa Grimaldi et al., 2003 ( Baissa, Transbaikalia, K 1), Archizelmira jarzembowskii sp. nov. (Kubekovo, Central Siberia, J 2).

Diagnosis (emended). Small midge, wing membrane densely clothed in microtrichia combined with numerous fine setae, costal vein with several rows of fine setae, other veins each with single such row; C ending slightly beyond R 5 apex; R 4 connecting to C close to R 1; CuP in distal half subparallel to CuA.

Remarks. True setae, or macrotrichia, on wing membrane and veins ( Fig. 3 ) are an important character in Sciaroidea (e. g., they are usually absent on the wing membrane of Sciaridae ), but it has been missed in previous descriptions of Archizelmira .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Archizelmira baissa, holotype PIN 3064/9039, Baissa, K1. A–D, Wing, pubescence of veins (SEM, uncoated). E, F, Wing, total view and basal part. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.