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Docidiadia grimaldii sp. nov. from Myanmar amber (Diptera: Diadocidiidae), with comments on the genus Docidiadia Blagoderov & Grimaldi

Depto. de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, United States of America
Diptera Diadocidiidae Jurassic Bibionomorpha Archizelmiridae amber fossil wing venation

Abstract

Docidiadia grimaldii sp. nov., the second known species in the genus, is described based on a holotype female and on a female paratype. The differences with D. burmitica Blagoderov & Grimaldi, the type-species of the genus, are discussed. The specimens allow the study of important details of the antenna, wing, and terminalia. The question of the connection of Docidiadia to the extant family Diadocidiidae is addressed. An antenna with the flagellum more slender towards the apex is also known in the extinct sciaroid family Archizelmiridae, but the wing venation of Docidiadia is much more conservative than the wing in archizelmirid genera.

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