Eoexechia Camier & Nel 2020, gen. n.

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<i>Eoexechia</i> gen. n. <p>(Figs 1–3)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A785CF8A-E9CE-48FA-9CC3-E251D9941A35</p> <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Eoexechia gallica</i> <b>sp. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Antenna very long, with flagellomeres as broad as long; three ocelli; frontal furrow very short, confined to back of head; frontal tubercle bilobate and broad; hind tibial apical brush produced across tibia; well-developed empodium; costal vein distinctly produced beyond tip of R5; Sc twice as long as h; R1 short; M2 long.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after the Eocene period and the genus <i>Exechia</i>. Gender feminine.</p>Published as part of <i>Camier, Marie & Nel, Andre, 2020, The oldest fungus gnat of the tribe Exechiini in the lowermost Eocene Oise amber (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), pp. 91-98 in Zootaxa 4722 (1)</i> on page 92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.1.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3603734">http://zenodo.org/record/3603734</a&gt