Allomedeia Mlynarek & Wheeler, 2010

Mlynarek, Julia J. & Wheeler, Terry A., 2018, Phylogeny and revised classification of the tribe Elachipterini (Diptera: Chloropidae), Zootaxa 4471 (1), pp. 1-36 : 12

Allomedeia Mlynarek & Wheeler, 2010

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Allomedeia Mlynarek & Wheeler, 2010b: 465 . Type species: Allomedeia xanthotes Mlynarek & Wheeler, 2010 (original designation).

Diagnosis. Medium sized oscinelline with vertex of head rounded in lateral view, small trapezoidal scutellum with short or undifferentiated sub-apical scutellar bristles, anal angle of wing reduced, elongated and narrowed abdomen, and male cerci fused medially into a single sclerite male cerci fused medially into a single sclerite.

Description. This genus was described by Mlynarek & Wheeler (2010b) and thus a detailed description is not included here.

Geographic distribution. Species of Allomedeia are restricted to the Afrotropical region, with known species from South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya.

Figures

FIGURES 4–10. Allomedeia xanthotes. 4. Head, lateral; 5. Antenna; 6. Wing; 7. Scutellum, dorsal; 8. Male genitalia, posterior; 9. Male genitalia, lateral; 10. Male genitalia, ventrolateral. Abbreviations: cer—cercus; epd—epandrium; hyphypandrium; sur—surstylus. Scale bars—Fig. 6 = 0.5 mm; Figs 5, 7–9 = 0.1 mm.