Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States
Author
Mathis, Wayne N.
Author
Marinoni, Luciane
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4116.1.1
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Subgenus
Paracoenia
Cresson
Paracoenia
Cresson 1935
: 356
(as a genus).
Type
species:
Coenia bisetosa
Coquillett 1902
, original designation.
Diagnosis.
This subgenus is similar to the subgenus
Thiomyia
Wirth
but is distinguished by the following combination of characters: Generally olivaceous gray to dark greenish or bluish brown; setation generally well developed.
Head:
Frons short. Antenna slender, basal flagellomere longer than wide; arista with dorsal rays about equal in length to length of basal flagellomere. Face high, height more than twice length of largest setae along oral margin; face generally conspicuously setose; antennal grooves evident but not as concave as
Thiomyia
.
Thorax:
Dorsocentral setae 5; postsutural supra-alar seta well developed, subequal to length of anterolateral, postalar seta; katepisternal seta well developed. Wing generally hyaline to faintly infuscate. Femora more swollen than in
Thiomyia
,
nearly twice width of tibiae; midfemur of male with comb-like row of setae along posteroventral margin; tarsomeres normally developed, cylindrical, not explanate, pulvilli evident, well developed. Halter whitish yellow to yellow.
Abdomen:
Tergites wide, particularly tergite 2 and tergite 3, each
3X
wider than long; tergite 5 of male generally with a ventrolateral process oriented along plane of body.