Macroetra, Londt, 1994

Londt, Jason G. H., 1994, Afrotropical Asilidae (Diptera) 25. A key to the genera of the subfamily Stenopogoninae with new synonymy and descriptions of six new genera, ANNALS OF THE NATAL MUSEUM 35, pp. 71-96 : 84

Macroetra gen. n.

Type species: Macroetra damara sp. n.

Description: Small to medium sized, brown and/or yellowish, gold-silver pruinose stenopogonine asilids with the following combination of characters: Head ( Fig. 29 ): clearly wider than high in anterior view. Antenna ( Fig. 30 ): scape ca. twice as long as pedicel, segment 3 ca. twice as long as scape and pedicel combined, style small with spine-like seta. Mystax shiny pale yellow or white, confined to lower ±of plane face (ventral part slightly protuberant); palpi 2-segmented. Thorax: postmetacoxal area membranous; anepimeral bristle absent; ca. 3-4 pairs scutellar macrosetae. Wing ( Fig. 31 ): ca. 4-7 mm long, transparent, immaculate, uniform microtrichial cover, C extends around entire wing margin, cells m3 and cup open at wing margin. Legs: pulvilli and empodia well developed. Abdomen: elongate; ♂ terminalia rotated through 90°; d epandrium of moderate length, fused basally before separating into two lobes at about midlength; hypandrium small to moderate in size with broad mediodistallobe.

Etymology: Gr. n. makros - long + etron - abdomen (refers to elongate abdomen).

Figures

Figs 29-32. Macroetra gen. n., d. 29-31. M. damara sp. n. Head and wing - paratype (54 km S Khorixas). 29. Head. 30. Antenna. 31. Wing. 32. M. angola sp. n. paratype d (Capangombo) Leg. Scale lines = 1 mm.