Nealimyia, Grimaldi, 2016

Grimaldi, David A., 2016, Diverse Orthorrhaphan Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) In Amber From The Cretaceous Of Myanmar: Brachycera In Cretaceous Amber, Part Vii David A. Grimaldi, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (408), pp. 1-132 : 64

Nealimyia , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Notum arched, head far below dorsum of scutum; antenna with one flagellomere, plus minute apical style; face concave; proboscis very short, only labellum exposed. Two notopleural macrosetae. Wing slender, sc-r crossvein present, R 4 -R 5 fork virtually symmetrical, apices of CuA 2 and A 1 highly convergent but not meeting; anal lobe narrow. Tergites 7, 8 with very thick, long, fine setae forming setose basket at apex of abdomen.

TYPE SPECIES: Nealimyia evenhuisi , new species. Monotypic. In Burmese amber.

ETYMOLOGY: Patronym, for Neal Evenhuis, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, in recognition of his contributions to dipterology and the systematics of Bombyliidae . The gender of the name is feminine.

COMMENTS: The venation is most similar in basic proportions to the crocidiine genera Crocidium Loew (from Africa) and Desmatomyia Williston (from the Nearctic Region), and the thick setal “basket” is quite similar to that in the latter genus.