Palpomyia mahyoubi Boorman & van Harten, 2002

Palpomyia mahyoubi Boorman & van Harten, 2002: 458 (♂, figure, description, Yemen).

Diagnosis

Abdomen, scutum, scutellum, femora and tibiae dark brown, without markings. Femora slightly paler toward bases; tarsomeres 1–4 pale, tarsomeres 5 uniformly dark brown; femora with 3 ventral spines. Male gonocoxite slender, elongate, with inner expansion; gonostylus nearly straight (the illustration of the male genitalia in Boorman & van Harten (2002) is inaccurate); parameres fused, slender, apex not visible in original illustration; aedeagus with very high basal arch, apex plate-like (Boorman & van Harten 2002). Female unknown.

Distribution

Yemen.