Paurodyla Jaschhof, 2013

Jaschhof, Mathias & Jaschhof, Catrin, 2020, The Porricondylini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Porricondylinae) of Sweden revisited: descriptions of nineteen new species of ten genera, including a new genus, Zootaxa 4728 (2), pp. 151-182 : 165

Paurodyla Jaschhof, 2013

This genus, previously containing a single species in Sweden and Finland ( Gagné & Jaschhof 2017), is shown here to have a second member, which we recently discovered in Sweden. Several characters of the new species require us to update the generic definition (see Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013: 292), as follows. Based on the presence of 11 male flagellomeres and the absence of basitarsal spines, Paurodyla belongs to generic group Ab. The flagellomeral necks of males (females are unknown) have microtrichia, a highly unusual trait among Porricondylini . The gonostylus is concave inside (medially) and slightly bilobed apically, with the ventral lobe being larger and strongly bent; both lobes are armed with teeth of varying outline. The gonocoxal synsclerite, which is as long as broad or even longer, has no or only small processes, a large, non-setose area ventrobasally, and a sharply contoured, broadly rounded ventrobasal edge. The strongly sclerotized parameres, which are largely separate from each other (there is only a narrow transverse bridge anteriorly), are of varying structure. The apex of the aedeagal apodeme is conspicuously narrowed.