Burmopsylla maculata, Liang, Feiyang, Zhang, Weiwei & Liu, Xingyue, 2016

Liang, Feiyang, Zhang, Weiwei & Liu, Xingyue, 2016, A new genus and species of the paraneopteran family Archipsyllidae in mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar, Zootaxa 4105 (5), pp. 483-490 : 485-487

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA8EFDD9-D072-4FA7-96EB-B317B7A5722C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6056293

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A4B83D-C015-0E1D-BA90-BE7E05DD80A2

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Burmopsylla maculata
status

sp. nov.

Burmopsylla maculata sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 )

Description of holotype male. EMTG BU-001053 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). Body length 3.63 mm (measured from frons to terminalia), and 6.25 mm (measured from fron to forewing tip). Head length from vertex to labrum apex 1.58 mm. Antenna length 7.04 mm. Forewing length 5.00 mm, width 1.4 mm; hindwing length 4.5 mm, width 1.25 mm.

Head ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A) hypognathous, subtriangular. Compound eyes ovoid, distinctly bulging. Ocelli invisible. Antenna filiform, glabrous; condition of segmentation unclear due to poor preservation. Frons enlarged, clypeus not bulbed and extend, ante- and postclypeus obscured. Mouthparts specialized into an elongated type; mandibles narrowly prolonged; labial palps discernible, digitiform and slightly setose; maxillary palps invisible.

Cervical region long. Prothorax narrow and short, meso- and metathorax robust. Wing base structures invisible.

Wings ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B) transparent, with several brown markings, held roof-like over abdomen, bearing numerous microsetae on wing membrane; pterostigma well developed, completely brown. Forewing narrowly elliptical, with anterior and posterior margins almost parallel; seven brown patches respectively present at base of wing, anal margin, forking point of R+M and CuA, pterostigma, near midpoint of costal margin, basally between M3 and M4, and wing apex. ScP present, emerging from base of forewing, then entering C, appearing as a crossvein-like veinlet at middle of wing, and fused with RA for a distance, and terminally separating from RA, as proximal border of pterostigma; distal part of RA straight; pterostigma subtrapezoid, posteriorly connected to RP by a short ra-rp crossvein; RP distally bifurcated; M separating into two main branches from mid part, and each branch distally bifurcated; RP connected to M by a crossvein; R+M and CuA proximally meeting at a point; CuA 2-branched; AP cell free, subtriangular; CuP simple, close and parallel to 1A; 1A and 2A simple. Hind wing with similar shape, marking pattern and venation to forewing, 2A unclear.

Legs long, with dense short setae. Fore leg length 4.00 mm, ft1= 0.35 mm, ft2= 0.20 mm, ft3= 0.15 mm, ft4= 0.20 mm; mid leg length 4.13 mm, mt1= 0.45 mm, mt2= 0.22 mm, mt3= 0.15 mm, mt4= 0.19 mm; hind leg length 5.50 mm, ht1= 0.65 mm, ht2= 0.30 mm, ht3= 0.18 mm, ht4= 0.20 mm. Pro- and mesocoxa almost cylindrical; two apical spurs present; tarsus with four tarsus; detail of pretarsus unclear.

Abdomen ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 D) subcylindrical; pregenital segments with proximal three segments distinctly narrower than remaining segments. Terminalia with distinct epiproct and paraprocts; paraproct with round trichobothrial field; hypandrium broad, with a small spinous projection on inner portion.

Description of paratype female. EMTG BU-001056 ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–B). Body length 4.50 mm (measured from frons to terminalia), and 7.00 mm (measured from frons to forewing tip). Length from vertex to labrum apex 1.15 mm. Antenna length 8.92 mm, f1= 1.50 mm, f2= 1.30 mm. Forewing length 6.00 mm. Fore leg length 4.33 mm, ft1= 0.60 mm, ft2= 0.32 mm, ft3= 0.15 mm, ft4= 0.20 mm; mid leg length 4.75 mm, mt1= 0.54 mm, mt2=0.28, mt3= 0.13 mm, mt4= 0.19 mm; hind leg length 6.38 mm, ht1= 0.80 mm, ht2= 0.30 mm, ht3= 0.10 mm, ht4= 0.16 mm. Length of ovipositor 1.33 mm.

External characters almost identical to male. Antenna better preserved than male, absence of the the rupturing mechanism; scape robust, subcylindrical; pedicel much smaller than scape, but much thicker than flagellum; flagellum with three segments preserved, but probably with more distal segments. Tibiae and tarsi with short setae ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–B, 3C); tarsal claws without subapical teeth, arolium present.

Abdomen ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 E) with pregenital segments slightly enlarged posteriad. Terminalia with distinct epiproct. Ovipositor long blade-shaped, slightly curved dorsad, with a row of teeth at tip of ventral margin.

Description of paratype female. EMTG BU-001087 ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C). Body length 4.40 mm (measured from frons to terminalia), and 6.25 mm (measured from frons to forewing tip). Antenna length 8.53 mm, f1= 1.50 mm, f2= 1.30 mm. Forewing length 6.00 mm, f1= 1.12 mm, f2= 1.04 mm. fore leg length 3.90 mm, ft1= 0.47 mm, ft2= 0.25 mm, ft3= 0.16 mm, ft4= 0.20 mm; mid leg length 4.16 mm, mt1= 0.50 mm, mt2=0.28, mt3= 0.13 mm, mt4= 0.20 mm; hind leg length 5.90 mm, ht1= 0.90 mm, ht2= 0.38 mm, ht3= 0.18 mm, ht4= 0.20 mm. Length of ovipositor 0.71 mm. External characters almost identical to the above female.

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ maculata ’ refers to the presence of distinct brown markings on the wings of the new species.

Type material. Holotype: EMTG BU-001053: amber piece preserving an almost complete adult male of B. maculata , a cricket, a beetle, a caddisfly and a midge; it is polished in the form of a flattened semi-ellipsoid cabochon, clear and transparent, with length×width about 18× 19 mm, height about 5 mm. Paratype: EMTG BU- 001056: amber piece preserving an almost complete female of B. maculata , a psocid, and two midges in the form of a flattened semi-ellipsoid cabochon, clear and transparent, with length×width about 19× 19 mm, height 5.6 mm. Paratype: EMTG BU-001087: amber piece preserving an almost complete adult female of B. maculata in the form of a flattened semi-ellipsoid cabochon, clear and transparent, with length×width about 23× 18 mm, height about 4 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Archipsyllidae

Genus

Burmopsylla

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