Megapropodiphora

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Phoridae

Name

Megapropodiphora Brown, 2018 gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile

• 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).

Original Description

• Brown, B; 2018: A second contender for “world’s smallest fly” (Diptera: Phoridae) Biodiversity Data Journal, (6): e22396. doi