Melaloncha Brues

Brown, Brian V., 2006, Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 1280 (1), pp. 1-68 : 7

Subgenus Melaloncha Brues

Diagnosis. Dorsal interfrontal setae absent. Tergites (especially tergite 2) bare or with small setae. Hind tibia lacking anterodorsal rows of enlarged setae. Mid­ and hind tarsal claws not bifurcate.

Additional shared characters of species treated herein: Frons usually parallel­sided, with ten large setae in 2­2­2­4 arrangement, lacking dorsal interfrontal setae; with or without small setae (setulae); with finely reticulate sculpturing (as in Brown & Kung 2006, fig. 52). Foretarsal claws symmetrical. Wing vein R 2+3 absent. Intersegment 7–8 usually with elongate, narrow, simple sclerite, although exceptions occur.