Rajpardia Bickel, 2022

BICKEL, DANIEL J., MARTIN, JOHN, AGNIHOTRI, PRIYA & SINGH, HUKAM, 2022, Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Eocene amber deposits of Cambay and Kutch Basins, India, Palaeoentomology 5 (5), pp. 475-486 : 483

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:898F94B1-C5A2-4E2B-AFC9-FFDF41DB93AF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7333799

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D035E49-FFE6-E914-FF5C-E74AD03E73E3

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Plazi

scientific name

Rajpardia Bickel
status

gen. nov.

Genus Rajpardia Bickel View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species. Rajpardia grimaldii Bickel View in CoL sp. nov.

Etymology. Rajpardia is a derived from the place name Rajpardi, a quarry where Cambay amber occurs. The gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. [This generic diagnosis is based on a single damaged male specimen and emphasizes characters considered to be of generic importance.] Body length about 1.0 mm; head large; postcranium apparently concave; postpedicel reniform, and partially enclosing distal pedicel; arista apical; TI with distinct row of 3 short ad setae along distal third and some short apicoventral setae; both FII and FIII with anterior preapical seta; epandrium rounded subrectangular; hypandrium forming rounded hood; surstylus short and triangular; cercus digitiform with apical toothlike seta.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Dolichopodidae

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