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CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
Volume 106, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104261
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Diptera; Chironomidae; Podonominae; Systematics; Mesozoic; Burmite; Myanmar
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A fossil genus, Burmochlus gen. nov., with a species B. madmaxi sp. nov. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Podonominae) is described from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (similar to 100 Ma). The adult male of the new species/genus displays an interesting wing structure with a trace of the vein R2+3 (or R-3 alone), the character unique in the subfamily Podonominae. The wing squama with a process bearing a bunch of setae, the wing membrane covered with bi- or trifid spinulae-like microtrichia, the gonostylus with a collar-like ring and a pear-shaped distal part, the robust anal point and the extensive superior volsella are also characters defined as exclusive for Burmochlus. The antenna, thorax and several hypopygium structures found in male Burmochlus clearly resemble those known from Archaeochlus Brundin, here defined as the closest relative, as well as from Afrochlus Freeman and Austrochlus Cranston - both previously referenced to or derived from Archaeochlus, hence being postulated as close or sister taxa. In a view of several hypotheses on the time of divergence of the Podonominae and other related subfamilies, this is the oldest fossil record of a true Podonominae chironomid based on definition of male characters, and dated back to the mid-Cretaceous. Along with Furcobuchonomyia Baranov, Goral et Ross (Buchonomyiinae) and Myanmaro Gitka, Makarchenko, Pankowski et Zakrzewska (Orthocladiinae), Burmochlus is the third genus described from Burmese amber, and the first known Podonominae chironomid described from this deposit. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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