Disparoleia, BLAGODEROV & GRIMALDI, 2004

BLAGODEROV, VLADIMIR & GRIMALDI, DAVID, 2004, Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous Ambers, Exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae, American Museum Novitates 3433 (1), pp. 1-76 : 48

Disparoleia , new genus

DIAGNOSIS: Ocelli absent; anepisternum with very short setae and trichia; mediotergite and laterotergites bare; wing membrane with micro­ and macrotrichia; Sc ends at C; r­m 2Χ length of R 1, M3 base at basal onesixth of wing, M3 weak, M 2 absent.

TYPE SPECIES: Disparoleia cristata , n.sp.

ETYMOLOGY: The genus name is a combination of the Latin word dispar, meaning ‘‘unequal, unlike’’, and the genus Leia , in reference to the distinctiveness of the new genus. The name is feminine.

COMMENTS: The genus differs from all Recent Leiini in the unique combination of such characters as absence of ocelli, very long rm with the proximal position of the base of M3, and reduction of veins in the medial sector. It differs from Novakia Ströbl in having the base of RS distinct, M 2 absent, and Sc ending at C. It differs from Zeliinia , n. gen. in having flagellomeres of smooth texture, ocelli absent, vein M 1 and M3 section present though weak, and fork of M 3+4 and CuA long but not sessile.