taxonID	type	description	language	source
720D87A8BC66F943FE2DFB8CA103505F.taxon	description	(Figs 1 A – F) LSID: urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 58036 DC 8 - A 60 B- 4 DA 3 - 85 C 7 - 887 DFCFA 8637.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC66F943FE2DFB8CA103505F.taxon	etymology	Etymology: From Latin flavus (yellow) and cauda (tail), in the reference to the yellow colour of the hypopygium.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC66F943FE2DFB8CA103505F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Dytomyia flavicaudata n. sp. differs from all other species of the genus mostly in its yellow abdomen and entirely yellow hypopygium. The abdomen and hypopygium are entirely brown to green-black, with metallic reflections in other Afrotropical species. The outer lobe of the male cercus in the new species is unusually long and thin, 1.7 × as long as epandrium, whereas most other species of the genus (except for D. lutescens) have a short cercus, not longer than the epandrium. Males of D. lutescens also have a long cercus, 2 × as long as epandrium, but its outer lobe bears a large spade-like ventral projection in basal ⅓.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC66F943FE2DFB8CA103505F.taxon	description	Description: Male (Fig. 1 A). Head (Fig. 1 B): Frons shining greenish blue, densely covered with short white hairs; 1 vertical bristle (broken) and 1 short white postvertical seta; postocular setae white, uniserial; ventral postcranium covered with long irregular white hairs; face and clypeus densely covered with short white hairs; face broad, 1.3 × as high as wide under antennae, inconspicuously narrowed downward; clypeus as high as wide, separated from eyes; antenna with scape and pedicel small, simple, light yellow; pedicel with ring of short white setae and 1 short black dorsal bristle; postpedicel broken; palpus yellow with white hairs and 2 yellow bristles; proboscis yellow with white hairs. Thorax: Metallic bluish green with black bristles; metepimeron yellow; mesonotum and scutellum weakly pollinose, pleura densely white pollinose; 4 strong dorsocentral bristles decreasing in length anteriorly; acrostichals inconspicuous; scutellum with 2 strong bristles. Legs including coxae yellow, segments 4 and 5 of hind tarsus brown (mid legs broken off); fore and mid coxae with white hairs and 2 – 4 white subapical bristles; hind coxa with 1 yellow seta at base and 2 short hairs; fore and mid femora without remarkable setae or hairs; fore tibia with 1 brown posterior seta at middle, 2 × as long as diameter of tibia; fore basitarsus slightly thickened, with ventral pad of short white hairs along entire length; hind tibia with several short light dorsal setae, 1 black apical seta dorsally; hind basitarsus with short basoventral seta; tarsomeres 4 – 5 slightly widened and flattened; tarsomere 5 2 × as long as wide (Fig. 1 C); femur, tibia and tarsomere (from first to fifth) lengths (mm): fore leg: 1.36 / 1.24 / 0.84 / 0.36 / 0.19 / 0.16 / 0.16, hind leg: 1.77 / 2.06 / 0.93 / 0.65 / 0.37 / 0.2 / 0.17. Wing (Fig. 1 D): Widest at middle, almost hyaline, veins yellow-brown; costa with simple setulae; R 4 + 5 gently curved to M 1 in apical third; M 1 + 2 almost straight; M 1 with strong elbow, forming nearly right angle with M 1 + 2; ratio of parts of costa between R 2 + 3 and R 4 + 5 to those between R 4 + 5 and M 1, 6 / 1; crossvein dm – m straight; ratio of crossvein dm – m to apical part of M 1 + 2 (fork-handle) to apical part of M 4, 0.38 / 0.56 / 0.23; anal vein not reaching wing margin; anal lobe well developed and alula small; anal angle acute; lower calypter yellow with white cilia; haltere light yellow. Abdomen: Mostly yellow with white hairs and short brown marginal setae; tergites 5 and 6 mostly shining blue-green; pregenital segments combined at most 2 × as long as thorax; segment 7 short, concealed; hypopygium massive and globular, yellow; hypopygial foramen basal in position and covered by cap-like sternum 8 (Fig. 1 E); surstylus broad, flattened and fused to epandrium, with deep incision distally; outer lobe of cercus long and narrow, light yellow, glabrous on middle ⅓, with several ventral setae on basal ⅓ and ventral rows of brown setae on distal ⅓ (Fig. 1 F); adjacent cercal lobe slightly curved, half as long as outer lobe, with inner pad of microscopic hairs; short ventral section of cercus arising basally and freely articulated with main cercal body, consisting of free outer stick-shaped arm covered with setae and short subtriangular glabrous arm, which fused with the same arm of another cercus; 2 epandrial lobes long, finger-like, each with 1 long and 1 short apical setae; 1 short epandrial seta.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC61F942FEFBFF63A15651C5.taxon	description	(Fig. 1 G)	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC61F942FEFBFF63A15651C5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Scape yellow, other antennomeres dark brown dorsally; postpedicel triangular, with rounded apex; legs mostly yellow; fore coxa yellow, black at extreme base, with yellow setae; mid and hind coxae black; femora almost bare; fore tibia with 1 dorsal seta at base, 1 long posterior seta at basal ⅓; mid tibia with 1 dorsal, 2 anterior setae; hind tibia with 1 anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal, 1 anterior setae; fore basitarsus enlarged and ventrally flattened, with pile of hairs; tarsomere 5 of the same tarsus black, slightly flattened; hind basitarsus with 1 short basoventral seta; cross-vein dm – m nearly straight, slightly sinuous, approximately equal to fork-handle M; distal part of M 4 approximately ⅔ as long as dm – m; alula developed; anal angle acute; hypopygial foramen basal in position and covered by cap-like sternum 8 (Fig. 1 G); surstylus broad, flattened and fused to epandrium, with long setae and finger-like process; outer lobe of male cercus yellow, much longer than epandrium, approximately 5 × as long as wide at base, 5 × as long as basoventral lobe, slightly enlarged at apex, with spade-like ventral projection at basal ⅓; with rows of long yellow setae, especially long at apex; adjacent cercal lobe straight, with row of strong setae; very short ventral section of cercus arising basally and freely articulated with main cercal body, consisting of 2 free outer arms with few setae and short subtriangular arm with few setae, which fused with the same arm of another cercus; 2 short epandrial lobes, each with 1 long and 1 short apical setae; 1 short epandrial seta.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC61F942FEFBFF63A15651C5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Madagascar: 1 ♂ Foulpointe [= Mahavelona], xi. 1995, plage, bac jaune [beach, yellow pan trap], A. Pauly [ZIN, ex coll. RBINS].	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
720D87A8BC61F942FEFBFF63A15651C5.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Madagascar, St Helena.	en	Ya., Igor (2021): Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology 51 (6): 85-91, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5589575, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5589574
