Genus Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868

Ectyphus Gerstaecker 1868: 92. Type species: Ectyphus pinguis Gerstaecker 1868, by monotypy.

Diagnosis:

Ectyphus is distinguished from other Afrotropical Mydidae by the distinctly clubbed metathoracic femur, the presence of a ventral keel on the metathoracic tibia terminating into a well-developed apical spine, and veins M3+CuA1 terminate together into C on the posterior wing margin. Other features include the presence of 3 spermathecae in females and a free, square, and more or less flat hypandrium in males.