Rovnobrachineura kiryeyevi Fedotova et Perkovsky 2014, sp. n.
Creators: name: Fedotova, Z. A.
name: Perkovsky, E. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Rovnobrachineura
Rovnobrachineura kiryeyevi

description: <i>Rovnobrachineura kiryeyevi</i> Fedotova et Perkovsky, sp. n. M a t e r i a l. Holotype. SIZK N K–3701, well preserved inclusion of male with tarsi missing, Klesov, Rovno amber, Late Eocene (fig. 1, <i>1–6</i>; 7, <i>1–3</i>). Syninclusions: Chironomidae; Cecidomyiidae: <i>Porricondyla</i> sp., 1 <i>°.</i> D e s c r i p t i o n. M a l e (fig. 1, <i>1–6</i>; 7, <i>1–3</i>). Body (without genitalia) is 1.6 times longer than antennae. Wings 1.4 times as long as antennae. Head with narrow eyes, that laterally cover only 2/3 of width of head. Scape enlarged distally, shorter than pedicel. First flagellomere 2.2 times as long as wide; 2nd flagellomere strongly narrower than 1st and slightly shorter than one. Sixth flagellomere 2.2 times as long as wide, slightly shorter than 1st flagellomere; 9th and 10th flagellomeres are longer than middle ones, enlarged distally, rounded apically. The palpi are very narrow, slightly rounded or parallelsided laterally; 2nd palpomere is 1.3–1.4 times as long as 1st. Wing is 2.7 times as long as wide. Vein R 1+2 is less than 2 times shorter than wing length. Gonocoxites are slightly longer than gonostylus. Gonostylus is almost parallelsided distally, 1.2 times shorter than gonocoxites. Cerci are not reaching before middle of gonocoxites. Aedeagus is conical. &amp;Rcy;&amp;icy;&amp;scy;. 1. <i>Rovnobrachineurina kiryeyevi</i>, &amp;scy;&amp;acy;&amp;mcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;tscy;, &amp;gcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;lcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;tcy;&amp;icy;&amp;pcy; (&amp;icy;&amp;ncy;&amp;vcy;. &amp;ncy;&amp;ocy;&amp;mcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy; K–3701 &amp;kcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;lcy;&amp;lcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;kcy;&amp;tscy;&amp;icy;&amp;icy; &amp;Icy;&amp;ncy;&amp;scy;&amp;tcy;&amp;icy;&amp;tcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;tcy;&amp;acy; &amp;zcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;ocy;&amp;lcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;gcy;&amp;icy;&amp;icy; &amp;Ncy;&amp;Acy;&amp;Ncy; &amp;Ucy;&amp;kcy;&amp;rcy;&amp;acy;&amp;icy;&amp;ncy;&amp;ycy;): <i>1 —</i> &amp;ocy;&amp;bcy;&amp;shchcy;&amp;icy;&amp;jcy; &amp;vcy;&amp;icy;&amp;dcy;; <i>2</i> — &amp;scy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;&amp;pcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;scy;, &amp;pcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;dcy;&amp;icy;&amp;tscy;&amp;iecy;&amp;lcy;&amp;lcy;, 1-&amp;jcy; &amp;icy; 2-&amp;jcy; &amp;chcy;&amp;lcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy; &amp;zhcy;&amp;gcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;tcy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;; <i>3 —</i> 8–10-&amp;jcy; &amp;chcy;&amp;lcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy; &amp;zhcy;&amp;gcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;tcy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;; <i>4</i> — 6–7-&amp;jcy; &amp;chcy;&amp;lcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy; &amp;zhcy;&amp;gcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;tcy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy;; <i>5</i> — &amp;rcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;tcy;&amp;ocy;&amp;vcy;&amp;ycy;&amp;iecy; &amp;ocy;&amp;rcy;&amp;gcy;&amp;acy;&amp;ncy;&amp;ycy; &amp;icy; &amp;shchcy;&amp;ucy;&amp;pcy;&amp;icy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy;; <i>6</i> — &amp;gcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;ncy;&amp;icy;&amp;tcy;&amp;acy;&amp;lcy;&amp;icy;&amp;icy; &amp;scy;&amp;vcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;rcy;&amp;khcy;&amp;ucy;. &amp;Mcy;&amp;acy;&amp;scy;&amp;shcy;&amp;tcy;&amp;acy;&amp;bcy;&amp;ncy;&amp;ycy;&amp;iecy; &amp;lcy;&amp;icy;&amp;ncy;&amp;iecy;&amp;jcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;icy; 0.1 mm. M e a s u r e m e n t s, mm: body length, 0.78; antennal length, 0.49; head length, 0.19; width of lateral side of head, 0.11; palpus length, 0.07; thorax length, 0.23; wing length, 0.71; wing width 0.26; halter length, 0.12; length of fore: femur, 0.22; tibia, 0.27; metatarsus 0.04; length of middle: femur, 0.22; tibia; 0.21; length of hind: femur 0.25; tibia 0.24; abdomen length, 0.42; genitalia length, 0.06. E t y m o l o g y. The species is named after Denys Kiryeyev for the help to the amber collection of Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine.
description: Published as part of <i>Fedotova, Z. A. &amp; Perkovsky, E. E., 2014, New Gall Midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Brachineurini, Ledomyiini) From The Late Eocene Rovno Amber, pp. 35-50 in Vestnik Zoologii 48 (1)</i> on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0004, http://zenodo.org/record/6452791