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Image of Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi & Cumming
Unresolved name

Hilarimorphites burmanica Grimaldi & Cumming

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Based on a virtually complete, well-preserved female. Body length (excluding antennae) 1.40 mm; thorax length 0.50 mm; wing length 0.95 mm. Head: Antenna with first flagellomere an elongate triangle in lateral view; apical antennal article(s) form a thin style, with possibly a minute apical article. Eyes large, glabrous. Frons with sparse, scattered setae. Proboscis with broad, flat labellum (palps not visible). Thorax: Notum dome-shaped, with sparse, fine, stiff setae; scutellum with 2 pairs of erect setae. Legs very slender, of moderate length, without distinctive spines or tibial spurs. Wing: typical of Hilarimorphites, except as given in diagnosis above [also, anal lobe may be less developed than in other species, but this area slightly folded under and obscured]. Halter of moderate length, knob slender. Abdomen: Slender, tergites unmodified, cerci and genitalia not fully visible.
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David A. Grimaldi, Antonio Arillo, Jeffrey M. Cumming, Martin Hauser
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Grimaldi D, Arillo A, Cumming J, Hauser M (2011) Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa ZooKeys 148: 293–332
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David A. Grimaldi
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Antonio Arillo
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Jeffrey M. Cumming
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Martin Hauser
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