Meunieriella Kieffer, 1909

Urso-Guimarães, Maria Virginia, 2018, Two new species of the tribe Alycaulini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil, Florida Entomologist 101 (4), pp. 603-610 : 606

Meunieriella Kieffer, 1909

Diagnosis. Adults: palpus 4-segmented; claws toothed; wings: R 1 and R 5 short, almost parallel, R 5 straight, M 4 and Cu 2 present. Male sixth through eighth abdominal segments completely retractable within the anterior part of the abdomen, gonocoxite and gonostylus of male terminalia extremely prolonged and thin; ovipositor elongated and protractible, cercus with simple setae. Pupa: antennal horn with upper and lower spines, upper and lower frontal horn absent, upper cephalic margin thickened laterally; prothoracic spiracle and cephalic papillae long; abdominal dorsal segments with rows of small spicules, without spines. Larva: prothoracic spatula 2-toothed; 1 pair of inner lateral papillae bare and 3 pairs of outer lateral papillae, 8 terminal papillae, 6 with long to very long setae, lower inner setae always severely short- ened ( Möhn 1975; Gagné & Etienne 1996).