A second contender for " world's smallest fly " (Diptera: Phoridae) Author Brown, Brian V. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2018 6 22396 22396 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22396 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22396 1314-2828-6-22396 Megapropodiphora Brown, 2018 gen. n. Megapropodiphora Megapropodiphora arnoldi Brown 2018 Status: new species described in this paper. Description Same as for species. Diagnosis There are a small number of minute, limuloid phorid genera in the world. In the New World tropics, the only relatively similar genera have large, differentiated frontal setae that are several times longer than the short frontal setae and do not have the scutellum covering the abdomen ( Brown 1993 ). The Old World species of the genus Euryplatea Schmitz, likewise differ by having the abdomen not covered by the scutellum and by having a solid, triangular wing rudiment ( Brown 2012 ).