Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels

Grootaert, Patrick & Meuffels, Henk, 2012, New Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Peloropeodinae) from Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 3478, pp. 570-580 : 571

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.214402
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174858
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scientific name	Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels
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Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels View in CoL

Griphomyia Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997: 108 View in CoL , figs 1–15. Type species: Griphomyia gravicaudata Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 by monotypy. Preoccupied by Griphomyia Hardy, 1987 View in CoL

Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998 View in CoL , replacement name for Griphomyia Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 View in CoL . Type species: G. gravicaudata ( Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997)

Diagnosis. A genus of small species around 2 mm in length, provisionally placed in Peloropeodinae . Postpedicel triangular with dorsal arista. Mesoscutum high vaulted with a flattened area in front of scutellum. Hind tibia with a dorsal subapical bristle. Male genitalia stalked with a rather large genital capsule. Abdominal segment 7 not narrowed and no carina present inside sternite 8.