. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Proclinopyga ulrichi sp. nov.: the first fossil aquatic dance fly of the subfamily Clinocerinac 87 included in amber block is a male chironomid (missing abdomen). The holotype is housed in the amber collec- tion of Dr. Hans Ulrich at the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (Bonn, Germany). Recognition. This species (Fig. 1) is distinguished by the lengthened, attenuated apical half of the postpedicel, con- voluted phallus with its hair-pin bend at mid-length and row of stout posteroventral setae on the male mid-femur. Description. Male. Eye bare, dichop


. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Proclinopyga ulrichi sp. nov.: the first fossil aquatic dance fly of the subfamily Clinocerinac 87 included in amber block is a male chironomid (missing abdomen). The holotype is housed in the amber collec- tion of Dr. Hans Ulrich at the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig (Bonn, Germany). Recognition. This species (Fig. 1) is distinguished by the lengthened, attenuated apical half of the postpedicel, con- voluted phallus with its hair-pin bend at mid-length and row of stout posteroventral setae on the male mid-femur. Description. Male. Eye bare, dichoptic; lower half of face with slight protuberance in profile. Antenna with scape slightly longer than pedicel; postpedicel pointed ovate, longer than pedicel and scape combined, strongly atten- uated and prolonged in apical half; arista-like stylus times longer than postpedicel. Proboscis short; palpus club-shaped; labellum held in horizontal position, suck- er-like. Alternating biserial row of acrostichal setae, ending at. hypd. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig. Bonn : Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig


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