MYOPINI MACQUART, 1834

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 : 67

MYOPINI MACQUART, 1834

Type genus Myopa Fabricius, 1775: 798 . Included genera: Melanosoma Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853: 122 , Myopa , Myopotta Zimina, 1969: 671 , Paramyopa Kröber, 1916a: 91 , Pseudomyopa Pearson, 1974: 148 . Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphies: gena expanded to be over one-third of head height (16).

Gibson et al. (2012) recover Myopini as monophyletic with the same apomorphic character state, but include only representatives of Myopa . Zimina (1960) described the tribe Myopini , including Melanosoma , Myopa , and Thecophora , with the following key characteristics: veins Sc and R 1 fused before reaching costa; costa thickened at end of R 1; lower pleural sclerites pilose. According to the present analysis, the first two characters are apomorphies of Myopinae and Thecophorini respectively and the third character state is not observed.

Pearson (1974) included Pseudomyopa in Dalmanniinae based on the presence of an elongate ‘appendage on the penis’. This structure is not present in the specimens included in the present analysis. All other characters of Pseudomyopa are in agreement with the present definition of Myopini .

Species examined – Melanosoma bicolor ; Melanosoma hyalipenne ; Myopa buccata ; Myopa clausa ; Myopa occulta ; Myopa vesiculosa ; Myopa sp. ; Myopotta pallipes ; Myopotta rubripes ; Paramyopa oestracea ; Pseudomyopa camrasi .