Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999

Grichanov, I. Ya., Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. & Grootaert, P., 2006, An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus, African Invertebrates 47, pp. 207-207 : 209

Genus Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999

Grootaertia: Grichanov, 1999 b: 90 .

Diagnosis: The genus is most similar to Paramedetera Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997 , differing in apical arista; distal sectors of R 4+5 and M 1+2 weakly arched anteriorly; abdominal segment 7 semicircular, narrow, not forming pedicel; hypopygium sessile, asymmetrical; hypandrial lobes absent; aedeagus with large lateral lobes; female oviscapt with simple fused hemitergites 9 bearing simple setae. The morphology of male and female genitalia in Grootaertia spp. is rather probably basal and variable. The genus is, therefore, likely to be the most ancestral group of the subfamily.