Griphophanes Meuffels & Grootaert

Naglis, Stefan & Grootaert, Patrick, 2012, Review of the genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with the description of ten new species from Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 3525, pp. 51-64 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.211573
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6175510
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scientific name	Griphophanes Meuffels & Grootaert
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Genus Griphophanes Meuffels & Grootaert 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: 191 View in CoL , replacement name for Griphomyia Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 View in CoL . Type species: G. gravicaudata ( Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997) .

Diagnosis. Small, dark metallic species with body length 1.2–2.5 mm. Eyes converging below antennae, almost contiguous in males; fronto-clypeal suture not present; scape bare; first flagellomere triangular, with basodorsal arista; mesonotum with depression in front of scutellum; hind tibia with strong dorsoapical seta; hypopygium pedunculate and enlarged.