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

Genus Rajpardia Bickel gen. nov.

Type species. Rajpardia grimaldii Bickel 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.