Svarciella Roháček, 1983

Su, Lixin, Liu, Guangchun & Xu, Jie, 2015, A review of Minilimosina Roháček (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from China, Zootaxa 4007 (1), pp. 1-28 : 10

Subgenus Svarciella Roháček, 1983

Type species. Limosina (Scotophilella) splendens Duda, 1928 [= Minilimosina v-atrum ( Villeneuve, 1917) ], original designation.— Roháček, 1983: 30–37 [diagnosis, revision of European species, illustr.]; Marshall, 1985: 20–30 [revision of Nearctic species, phylogeny, illustr.]; Roháček & Marshall, 1988: 241–282 [review of world species, key, phylogeny, illustr.]; Su, 2011: 73–77, 184–186 [diagnosis, revision of Chinese species, illustr.].

Subgeneric diagnosis. General colour shining black or brownish black. 1 or 2 orbitals. Postvertical seta absent. Two dorsocentral setae. Mid tibia of male with only minute setulae ventrally or with a double row of spinelike ventral setae. Mid femur with only a single basal ventral seta or with a double row of ventral setae. C slightly extended beyond R4+5. Sternite 5 of male usually with a posteromedial comb or setulose process. Sternite 8 of female large, not reduced. Gonostylus with outer lobe rectangular to convex lobate; inner lobe complex, usually with processes and spines.