A reassessment of the Andean genus Myopella Malloch (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Author
Michelsen, Verner
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-23
5336
3
413
423
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.7
1175-5326
8281743
B03E2D16-B320-480F-8434-895669B526F5
Key to species of
Myopella
Malloch
1 Males
(sternite
V
large, emarginated at hind margin; abdomen obtuse)........................................... 2
- Females (sternite V narrow; abdomen pointed).............................................................. 3
2 Frons broad (
Fig. 1C
); fronto-orbital plate with three divergent orbital setae above inclinate frontal setae; inner posterior margin of hind coxa forming a long, acutely pointed process................................
Myopella appendiculata
(Stein)
- Frons narrowed (
Fig. 1B
); fronto-orbital plate without orbital setae above frontal setae; inner posterior margin of hind coxa forming a short, angular process................................................
Myopella angustifrons
Malloch
3 Acrostichals short, setulose except for strong presutural pair and pair in front of scutellum; posterior intraalar setulose or absent; meron bare.................................................................
Myopella appendiculata
(Stein)
- Acrostichals longer, forming regular pairs of fine setae in addition to strong presutural pair; posterior intraalar seta more than half as long as anterior intraalar; meron with some tiny, forwardly directed setulae beneath posterior spiracle.......................................................................................
Myopella angustifrons
Malloch