SICINAE ZIMINA, 1960

Gibson, Joel F. & Skevington, Jeffrey H., 2013, Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of all genera of Conopidae (Diptera) based on morphological data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1), pp. 43-81 : 68

SICINAE ZIMINA, 1960

Type genus Sicus Scopoli, 1763: 1004 . Included genera: Carbonosicus Zimina, 1958: 933 , Sicus . Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphies: male sternite 8 with dense, long, black setae (112). A secondary reversal to reduced posterolateral extensions of the basisternum is present in members of Sicinae (49); a parallel reversal has occurred in members of Conopinae .

Gibson et al. (2012) did not test the monophyly of Sicinae , because only one species of Sicus was included in the analysis. Zimina (1958) first suggests the tribe Sicini , including the genera Carbonosicus and Sicus , but does not give diagnostic characters for the group. According to Sabrosky (1999), the lack of a description or diagnosis renders the genus-group name invalid. In Zimina (1960), however, a diagnosis of the tribe is provided with the following key characteristics: basisternum broad; veins Sc and R 1 parallel; cell cup elongate; long red bristles present on sides of mesonotum. According to the present analysis, the first three character states are plesiomorphic to Conopidae .

Species examined – Carbonosicus carbonarius ; Sicus abdominalis ; Sicus ferrugineus .