Malacophagomyia (Malacophagomyia) Lopes, 1966

Lopes, 1969: 44; Lopes, 1983: 318 (type genus of subtribe Malacophagomyiina); Pape, 1996: 43, 249 (generic diagnosis, world catalog); Pape & Dahlem, 2010: 1323 (in key to Central America genera); Mulieri & Mello-Patiu, 2013: 369 (diagnosis Malacophagomyia); Buenaventura & Pape, 2018: 815, 839, 867 (phylogeny, diagnosis, synonymy of Dodgeisca with Malacophagomyia); Buenaventura 2021:4 (phylogeny).

Diagnosis. [adapted from Buenaventura & Pape (2018)]. Male mid-femur without a ctenidium; pregonite shorter than phallus, with a membranous area along the ventral margin and near the bent apical part (except in Malacophagomyia rivadavia Mulieri & Mello-Patiu, 2013) (Figs 8–9); hillae filiform with a wide or bifid apex (Figs 8–9).