Apiophora Philippi

J. Wilcox & N. Papavero, 1971, The American Genera of Mydidae (Diptera), with the Description of three new Genera and two new Species, Arquivos de Zoologia 21 (2), pp. 41-119 : 79-80

Genus Apiophora Philippi

Apiophora Philippi, 1865: 682 . Type-species, paulseni Philippi (orig. des.).

Head in anterior view one and one-third times as wide as high; face at antennae about one-third width of head; oral margin at two-fifths distance from lower eye margin to antennae. Proboscis similar to Messiasia , labella subequal to length of oral cavity; palpi slender and about one-half length of oral cavity. Antennal segment 1 cylindrical and about one and one-half times as long as broad; 2 about one-half length of 1; 3 slender and about two times as long as 1-2; club slightly longer than 3 and one-half as broad as long (Fig. 13).

Mesonotum with sparse hairs, short recumbent to long erect, on lateral margins and in dorsocentral rows. Scutellum with sparse long hairs. Postscutellum bare. Pleura with sparse long hairs on episternum-L, pteropleura and metasternum.

Abdomen smooth; tergite-1a rounded and bare of hairs; 1p with sparse long hairs; remainder with very short sparse recumbent hairs; bullae oval and about two times as long as broad (Fig. 44). Sternite 1 bare, 2-7 with very short sparse recumbent hairs; a 8 about one-half length of 7 and with sparse long hairs. Male genitalia (Figs. 73-75): hypandrium completely coalesced to the basistyli; apical processes of gonopods comparatively long, straight, in the apex with a beak pointed towards the interior of the genitalia; laterally to the apical processes, there is a wing-like expansion, less sclerotized; external margin of apical processes more sclerotized than internal margin; aedeagus a very thick tube, with well-developed wing-like apodemes on its dorsal side; cerci elongate, oblongate, coalesced in their bases for a distance half their length, in dorsal view; epandrial halves triangular, free; the projections almost touch one another. Female with apical circlet of strong spines and sparse erect hairs on segment 8.

Fore and middle legs slender; femora nearly two times as wide as tibiae; hind femora swollen, four to five times as long as broad, venter with about 16 tuberculate spines, hairs short recumbent with a few longer erect hairs on dorsum. Hind tibiae with ventral keel, apical spur subequal to width of metatarsus and usually a bristle at base..Hind metatarsus about three times as long as wide and subequal in length to segments 2-3.

Alulae with a fringe of short fine hairs. Wings narrow, about three and eight-tenths times as long as wide; second submarginal cell broadly open; posterior crossvein present; ambient vein complete; axillary lobe less than one-half as broad as long (Fig. 70).

Length, 14-1,9 mm.

Geographic range: Chile.