Subgenus Dichaetonecta Hutchison, 1940

Dichaetonecta Hutchison, 1940: 354

(type species: Sigara scholtzi Fieber, 1860, by original designation).

Diagnosis

Males: palar claw not strongly widened apically; prestrigilar flap on segment V with an obtuse tip; strigil present; median lobe of sternite VII developed, with angular apex and one or two long setae; free lobe of tergite VIII widened distally, lateral angle produced; shaft of left paramere variable but not plate-like; right paramere: shaft slender and curved (adapted from Chen et al. 2015).

Remarks

Species of Dichaetonecta occur in Africa, Madagascar, and Asia (Hutchinson 1940). There is still no formal checklist of species for this subgenus as yet. In Vietnam, there are five species: M. sahlbergi (Jakovlev, 1881), M. ludibunda Breddin, 1905, M. johorensis Fernando, 1964, M. decorata Lundblad, 1933, and M. desertana Distant, 1920 .