Neotraginops Prado, 1973

Ndez-Ortiz, Vicente Hern & Dzul-Cauich, José F., 2014, A new species of Neotraginops Prado (Diptera: Odiniidae) from Mexico and Belize, with additional records for Odinia coronata Sabrosky in Mesoamerica, Zootaxa 3786 (5), pp. 593-599 : 594

Neotraginops Prado, 1973

Diagnosis. Head with a large rounded tubercle on the ocellar area (similar to Traginops and Paratraginops Hendel ), covered by dark setulae extending to the inner vertical setae; antenna short with third antennal segment rounded apically, arista pubescent; gena broad; oral vibrissa and subvibrissal setae present; ocellar setae long; 3 pairs of fronto-orbital setae present, the anteriormost seta inclinate and posterior setae reclinate; 1 inner and 1 outer vertical setae. Chaetotaxy of the thorax as follows: 1 postpronotal, usually flanked by two short setae; 2 notopleurals, 1 supra-alar presutural, 2 supra-alar postsuturals (anterior pair weak), 2 postalars, 1 intrapostalar, 4 dorsocentrals (anterior pair presutural and remaining three postsutural), 1 acrostichal, 2 propleurals, 3 katepisternals, 2 scutellars with scutellum setulose on disc. Wing with subcostal vein nearly complete, evanescent distally separated from R 1; crossvein r-m located at apical third of discal cell; veins R 4+5 and M 1 almost straight, subparallel; anal vein long, almost reaching the posterior margin of wing; crossvein dm-cu straight; legs with femora strong; one short preapical dorsal seta present on all tibiae, and an apical ventral seta on mid tibia twice as long as the preapical dorsal seta.

Remarks. The ocellar tubercle being well developed is a feature shared with Paratraginops and Traginops . The genus Neotraginops differs from the related genus Paratraginops in that the latter having a plumose arista, and vein M 1 being strongly curved anteriorly towards the apex. In contrast, the pubescent arista and the straight vein M 1 are characters shared with Traginops , from which Neotraginops can be differentiated by the presence of two propleural setae, besides its distribution being restricted to the Neotropical Region.