Chironomidae
CHIRONOMIDAE (MIDGES) Figures 7E, 14 A−D AMNH WH-3: A complete male nonbiting midge (Chironomidae) (body length 1.60 mm), preserved adjacent to a small juvenile spider (fig. 7E). Eyes are bare; pedicel large, subspherical; antenna with long plumosity, apparently having 11 flagellar articles, apical...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.4598237 2023-05-15T18:49:04+02:00 Chironomidae Grimaldi, David A. Sunderlin, David Aaroe, Georgene A. Dempsky, Michelle R. Parker, Nancy E. Tillery, George Q. White, Jaclyn G. Barden, Phillip Nascimbene, Paul C. Williams, Christopher J. 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598237 https://zenodo.org/record/4598237 unknown Zenodo http://zenodo.org/record/4598569 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF98FFC7FF8B2F20AA7C43405143FF90 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://dx.doi.org/10.1206/3908.1 http://zenodo.org/record/4598569 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF98FFC7FF8B2F20AA7C43405143FF90 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598585 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598605 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598236 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit Open Access Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC0 Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Chironomidae article-journal ScholarlyArticle Text Taxonomic treatment 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598237 https://doi.org/10.1206/3908.1 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598585 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598605 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4598236 2022-03-10T10:44:22Z CHIRONOMIDAE (MIDGES) Figures 7E, 14 A−D AMNH WH-3: A complete male nonbiting midge (Chironomidae) (body length 1.60 mm), preserved adjacent to a small juvenile spider (fig. 7E). Eyes are bare; pedicel large, subspherical; antenna with long plumosity, apparently having 11 flagellar articles, apical article longest; maxillary palp with four palpomeres, lengths 4> 2 = 3> 1 (fig. 14C). Legs: mesotibia having two bladelike apical spurs (one with fine pectination), apical comb of 11−12 thick, sclerotized, slightly clavate setae (fig. 14D); pretarsal claws simple (untoothed), pulvilli either minute or lost. Wings are very faint, obscuring the venation; no macrotrichia occur on the wing membrane. Male genitalia well preserved: tergite 9 (epandrium) large, shieldlike; gonocoxite large; gonostylus articulating with (not fused to) gonocoxite, bare, flattened and hatchetlike, without discernable apical peg/tooth; pair of inner lobes present, bare; anal point absent (fig. 14A, B). Chironomidae have a rich fossil record, partly because the larvae are aquatic and semiaquatic and both adults and larvae are readily fossilized in lacustrine sediments. The oldest Chironomidae are Triassic, and they are frequently among the most abundant and diverse winged insects in many deposits of amber, such as Eocene Baltic amber and Late Cretaceous ambers from western Canada, New Jersey, and Siberia. The fossil record has been reviewed by Evenhuis (1994). Critical study relies on various microscopic features, and most of the described fossils, done decades to a century ago, require re-description based on modern standards. The male genitalia of the Chickaloon fossil appear most similar to those in the large, widespread subfamily Tanypodinae. : Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 27, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569 : {"references": ["Evenhuis, N. L. 1994. Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers."]} Text Alaska Siberia DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Barden ENVELOPE(15.399,15.399,68.851,68.851) Canada |
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CHIRONOMIDAE (MIDGES) Figures 7E, 14 A−D AMNH WH-3: A complete male nonbiting midge (Chironomidae) (body length 1.60 mm), preserved adjacent to a small juvenile spider (fig. 7E). Eyes are bare; pedicel large, subspherical; antenna with long plumosity, apparently having 11 flagellar articles, apical article longest; maxillary palp with four palpomeres, lengths 4> 2 = 3> 1 (fig. 14C). Legs: mesotibia having two bladelike apical spurs (one with fine pectination), apical comb of 11−12 thick, sclerotized, slightly clavate setae (fig. 14D); pretarsal claws simple (untoothed), pulvilli either minute or lost. Wings are very faint, obscuring the venation; no macrotrichia occur on the wing membrane. Male genitalia well preserved: tergite 9 (epandrium) large, shieldlike; gonocoxite large; gonostylus articulating with (not fused to) gonocoxite, bare, flattened and hatchetlike, without discernable apical peg/tooth; pair of inner lobes present, bare; anal point absent (fig. 14A, B). Chironomidae have a rich fossil record, partly because the larvae are aquatic and semiaquatic and both adults and larvae are readily fossilized in lacustrine sediments. The oldest Chironomidae are Triassic, and they are frequently among the most abundant and diverse winged insects in many deposits of amber, such as Eocene Baltic amber and Late Cretaceous ambers from western Canada, New Jersey, and Siberia. The fossil record has been reviewed by Evenhuis (1994). Critical study relies on various microscopic features, and most of the described fossils, done decades to a century ago, require re-description based on modern standards. The male genitalia of the Chickaloon fossil appear most similar to those in the large, widespread subfamily Tanypodinae. : Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 27, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569 : {"references": ["Evenhuis, N. L. 1994. Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers."]} |
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