{"title":"A New Extinct Genus of Long-Legged Flies, with a Brief Review and Key to Extinct Genera of Baltic Amber Dolichopodidae (Diptera)","authors":"I. Ya. Grichanov","doi":"10.1134/s0031030123600051","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>A new genus <i>Plesiomedetera</i> gen. nov., is described from Late Eocene Baltic amber. The genus is placed in the extant subfamily Medeterinae and includes five recognized and two doubtful species, all poorly described by Meunier in 1907–1908 and never reported again. <i>Plesiomedetera flammea</i> (Meunier, 1907), comb. nov. and <i>P. mustela</i> (Meunier, 1907), comb. nov. are described and illustrated, and a key to recognized species of this genus is compiled. The other eight extinct genera from Baltic amber are briefly reviewed, belonging to extant subfamilies ?Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Medeterinae, Peloropeodinae and Sciapodinae, and a key to these genera is compiled. The following new combinations (comb. nov.) are proposed: <i>Plesiomedetera decora</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. elegantula</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. vana</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. lasciva</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. lepida</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>Medeterites atterraneus</i> (Nazarov, 1994), <i>M. gestuosus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>M. gulosus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>M. latipennis</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>Palaeoargyra planipedia</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>Palaeomedeterus praeconcinnus</i> (Evenhuis, 1994), <i>P. concinnus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. tertiarius</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>Prohercostomus ciliatus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. devinctus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. gracilis</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. minutus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. morbosus</i> (Meunier, 1907), <i>P. smicrus</i> (Meuffels et Grootaert, 1999) and <i>P. inumbratus</i> (Meunier, 1907). <i>Sciara pusilla</i> Meunier, 1899 is considered nomen nudum, rather than unplaced species of Dolichopodidae. <i>Dolichopus smicrus</i> Meuffels et Grootaert, 1999 (unnecessary new name) is placed in synonymy with <i>Prohercostomus minutus</i>. In all, 53 recognized, 5 doubtful and 10 unplaced species from Baltic amber are listed.</p>","PeriodicalId":19816,"journal":{"name":"Paleontological Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Paleontological Journal","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0031030123600051","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PALEONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A new genus Plesiomedetera gen. nov., is described from Late Eocene Baltic amber. The genus is placed in the extant subfamily Medeterinae and includes five recognized and two doubtful species, all poorly described by Meunier in 1907–1908 and never reported again. Plesiomedetera flammea (Meunier, 1907), comb. nov. and P. mustela (Meunier, 1907), comb. nov. are described and illustrated, and a key to recognized species of this genus is compiled. The other eight extinct genera from Baltic amber are briefly reviewed, belonging to extant subfamilies ?Diaphorinae, Dolichopodinae, Medeterinae, Peloropeodinae and Sciapodinae, and a key to these genera is compiled. The following new combinations (comb. nov.) are proposed: Plesiomedetera decora (Meunier, 1907), P. elegantula (Meunier, 1907), P. vana (Meunier, 1907), P. lasciva (Meunier, 1907), P. lepida (Meunier, 1907), Medeterites atterraneus (Nazarov, 1994), M. gestuosus (Meunier, 1907), M. gulosus (Meunier, 1907), M. latipennis (Meunier, 1907), Palaeoargyra planipedia (Meunier, 1907), Palaeomedeterus praeconcinnus (Evenhuis, 1994), P. concinnus (Meunier, 1907), P. tertiarius (Meunier, 1907), Prohercostomus ciliatus (Meunier, 1907), P. devinctus (Meunier, 1907), P. gracilis (Meunier, 1907), P. minutus (Meunier, 1907), P. morbosus (Meunier, 1907), P. smicrus (Meuffels et Grootaert, 1999) and P. inumbratus (Meunier, 1907). Sciara pusilla Meunier, 1899 is considered nomen nudum, rather than unplaced species of Dolichopodidae. Dolichopus smicrus Meuffels et Grootaert, 1999 (unnecessary new name) is placed in synonymy with Prohercostomus minutus. In all, 53 recognized, 5 doubtful and 10 unplaced species from Baltic amber are listed.
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Paleontological Journal (Paleontologicheskii zhurnal) is the principal Russian periodical in paleontology. The journal publishes original work on the anatomy, morphology, and taxonomy of fossil organisms, as well as their distribution, ecology, and origin. It also publishes studies on the evolution of organisms, ecosystems, and the biosphere and provides invaluable information on global biostratigraphy with an emphasis on Eastern Europe and Asia.