Rhaphium micans (Meigen, 1824)

Grootaert, Patrick, Taylor, Christopher & Guénard, Benoit, 2019, Three new species of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 from mangroves in Hong Kong (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 540, pp. 1-21 : 11

Rhaphium micans species group

The Rhaphium micans species group is a new species group containing species with a triangular postpedicel (first flagellomere), at most 2.5 × as long as wide, with arista longer than postpedicel (1.5 to 3 ×), 5 dc and long flattened cerci (nearly twice as long as epandrium), combined with in lateral view short rounded surstyli and a twisted short, but erect hypandrium.