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Cyamops Melander 1913

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Genus Cyamops Melander

Cyamops Melander, 1913: 291. Type species: C. nebulosus Melander, by original designation

DIAGNOSIS: Small, dark-bodied flies with broader wings; possessing the following combination of features that distinguish the genus from Stenomicra and Stenocyamops: anteroventral margins of eyes closely approximated, with facets in this area distinctly enlarged; fronto-orbital plates below FO setae silvery microtomentose; inner vertical setae absent; often with pair of inner fronto-orbital setae between pair of outer FOs; acrostichal setulae in two rows; anal lobe of wing, vein A 1 +CuA 2, and alula present; anepisternum with silvery microtomentum, occasionally with several of fine setae on posterior margin; male genitalia (surstyli, hypandrium) distinctly asymmetrical.

COMMENTS: This is a worldwide, monophyletic genus of 28 species that has been well documented (Baptista and Mathis, 1994 [revision New World species]; Khoo, 1984 [Australian species]; Baptista and Mathis, 2000 [review of world species]).

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 23, DOI: 10.1206/685.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5358027

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Melander
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Periscelididae
Genus
Cyamops
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cyamops Melander, 1913 sec. Grimaldi, 2009

References

  • Melander, A. L. 1913. A synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzinae, Milichiinae, Ochthiphilinae, and Geomyzinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 21: 283 - 300.
  • Baptista, A. R., and W. N. Mathis. 1994. A revision of New World Cyamops Melander (Diptera: Periscelididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 563: 1 - 25.
  • Khoo, K. C. 1984. The Australian species of Cyamops Melander (Diptera: Periscelididae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 527 - 536.
  • Baptista, A. R., and W. N. Mathis. 2000. Notes on the genus Cyamops Melander (Diptera: Periscelididae), including description of ten new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 481 - 506.