Mahafalymydas, Kondratieff, B. C., Carr, Ryan J. & Irwin, Michael E., 2005

Kondratieff, B. C., Carr, Ryan J. & Irwin, Michael E., 2005, Two new genera and four new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar, Zootaxa 978, pp. 1-14 : 8-9

Mahafalymydas , n. gen.

Type species: Mahafalymydas wiegmanni n. sp.

Etymology: Mahafaly, referring to the Mahafaly people of Madagascar, with mydas referring to the Mydidae .

Head: Face bulbous, protruding as far as scape, proboscis (labella) vestigial; apicoflagellomere globular, subequal in length to scape, pedicel, and basoflagellomere ( Fig. 11 ).

Wing: M1 ending in R1 closing cells r4, r5, m1, CuA1 broadly curved.

Male terminalia: Epandrium reduced; gonocoxites extended posteriorly, divided apically; phallus short, thick, bifid apically ( Figs. 13–15 , 18–20 ).

Remarks: This new genus is included in the Syllegomydinae until a phylogenetic revision of the higher classification of the African Mydidae can be completed.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 17. Mahafalymydas wiegmanni, sp. nov. 11. Head, lateral view. 12. Head, anterior view (antennae removed). 13. Male terminalia, lateral view. 14. Male terminalia, caudal view. 15. Male terminalia, dorsal view. 16. Phallus, dorsal view. 17. Phallus, lateral view.

FIGURES 18 – 22. Mahafalymydas tuckeri, sp. nov. 18. Male terminalia, lateral view. 19: Male terminalia, caudal view. 20. Male terminalia, dorsal view. 21. Phallus, dorsal view. 22. Phallus, lateral view.