Taxonomic revision of Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 and Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 with a key to world Ectyphinae (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae) Author Lyons, Kathleen M. Author Dikow, Torsten text ZooKeys 2010 73 25 59 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.73.840 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.73.840 1313-2970-73-25 Genus Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 Ectyphus Gerstaecker 1868 : 92. Type species: Ectyphus pinguis Gerstaecker 1868 , by monotypy. Diagnosis: Ectyphus is distinguished from other Afrotropical Mydidae by the distinctly clubbed metathoracic femur, the presence of a ventral keel on the metathoracic tibia terminating into a well-developed apical spine, and veins M3+CuA1 terminate together into C on the posterior wing margin. Other features include the presence of 3 spermathecae in females and a free, square, and more or less flat hypandrium in males.