Aphaniosominae, Ebejer, 2009

Ebejer, Martin J., 2009, A revision of Afrotropical Chyromyidae (excluding Gymnochiromyia Hendel) (Diptera: Schizophora), with the recognition of two subfamilies and the description of new genera, African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 321-321 : 381

Subfamily Aphaniosominae subfam. n.

Type genus: Aphaniosoma Becker, 1903: 186 .

Diagnosis: Occiput concave; 0–6 orb of variable length, never inclinate; when more than 2, these are usually short and progressively shorter anteriorly; scutum with inclinate ihu seta or setula (except in Krifomyia and Tethysimyia ); wing veins R 4+5 and M 1+2 parallel ( Paraphanisoma and Krifomyia ), convergent ( Tethysimyia ) or divergent ( Aphaniosoma ) towards apex; mid tibia always with long apicoventral seta; scut never with more than 2 pairs of marginal setae; male postabdomen never with hemispherical ep, this lies partially or entirely within tg 6.

Genera included: Aphaniosoma , Krifomyia gen. n., Paraphanisoma gen. n., Tethysimyia gen. n.