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Stenomicra Coquillett 1900

Description

Genus Stenomicra Coquillett

Stenomicra Coquillett, 1900: 262. Type species: S. angustata Coquillett, by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: Small, slender, generally lightcolored flies with slender wings; possessing the following combination of features that distinguish the genus from Cyamops and/or Stenocyamops: (maxillary) palps reduced to minute papillae; inner vertical setae present, proclinate (absent in Cyamops); acrostichal setulae in one incomplete row, or lost (two or more rows in Cyamops); anal lobe of wing, alula, vein A 1 +CuA 2 completely or virtually lost (all these features present in Cyamops; some features present in Stenocyamops); anepisternum without silvery microtomentum or row of setae on posterior margin; paired structures of male genitalia symmetrical (asymmetrical in Cyamops), hypandrium asymmetrical (symmetrical in Stenocyamops).

Notes

Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., 2009, The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae), pp. 1-60 in American Museum Novitates 3671 on page 4, DOI: 10.1206/685.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5358027

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Biodiversity

Family
Periscelididae
Genus
Stenomicra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Coquillett
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Stenomicra Coquillett, 1900 sec. Grimaldi, 2009

References

  • Coquillett, D. W. 1900. Report on a collection of dipterous insects from Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22: 249 - 270.