GIBSON, Gibson & Skevington, 2013

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 : 63

CAENOCONOPINI GIBSON TRIB. NOV.

Type genus Caenoconops Anonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1940: 365. Genus included: Caenoconops . Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphy: vertex triangular in shape with longitudinal grooves (8).

Previous catalogues included Caenoconops in Conopini . The condition of the vertex, the absence of scutellar bristles, the petiolate male abdomen, the notched posterior margin of the eye, and the presence of a characteristic dark anterior/hyaline posterior wing pattern separate members of Caenoconopini from Conopini as presently defined.

Species examined – Caenoconops bicolor ; Caenoconops claripennis ; Caenoconops friedbergi ; Caenoconops rhodesiensis comb. rev. ( Conops ).