Paramesosciophilodes Zhang, 2007

Gao, Jiaqi, Shi, Guifeng, Shih, Chungkun & Ren, Dong, 2015, Two new species of Paramesosciophilodes (Diptera, Nematocera, Mesosciophilidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, ZooKeys 511, pp. 117-129 : 120

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Mesosciophilidae

Genus Paramesosciophilodes Zhang, 2007

Type species.

Paramesosciophilodes ningchengensis Zhang, 2007.

Included species.

Type species; Paramesosciophilodes eximia Zhang, 2008; Paramesosciophilodes aequus Wang, Zhao & Ren, 2012; Paramesosciophilodes bellus Gao, Shi, Shih & Ren sp. n., Paramesosciophilodes rarissima Gao, Shi, Shih & Ren, sp. n.

Emended diagnosis.

Medium (sized mesosciophilid gnats. Body (including legs) covered with long, dense pubescence. Mesonotum convex. Scutellum sharp, clearly projecting. Wing, Sc1 elongate, slightly shorter than one-half of wing length (0.43-0.47 times as long as wing length); Sc2 situated distinctly basad to Rs origin, arising near midway between h to Sc1 ending; bRs shorter than r-m; R1 slightly curved; both R1 and R4+5 divergent terminally; Rs furcated distad or at level of fork of M1+2; R2+3 oblique and curved; R4+5 arched near its midlength; cell r 0.16-0.19 times as long as wing length; stem of M not developed; M1+2 furcated slightly distad, or basad, to level of Sc1 ending. Tibiae and tarsi with sparse, short setae.