Eodromyia, Myskowiak & Garrouste & Nel, 2018

Myskowiak, J., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A., 2018, Eodromyia pumilio gen. et sp. nov., a new empidoid fly from the Earliest Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae), Zootaxa 4379 (2), pp. 279-286 : 280

Genus Eodromyia gen. nov.

Type species. Eodromyia pumilio sp. nov., by present designation.

Etymology. Named after the Eocene period and suffix –dromia (from Greek ‘dromos’: runner), widely used through Tachydromiinae . Its gender is feminine.

Diagnosis. Eyes contiguous on face and widely separated on frons; posterior pair of ocellar setae long; postocellar setae minute; one pair of vertical setae; one series of four rather long pairs of setae on occiput; aristalike stylus subapical; one pair anterior of ocellar setae; disc of scutum with setae arranged in distinct rows; dorsocentral setae uniserial; mesopleuron with hairs; all longitudinal veins simple; C ending at apex of M; Rs rather long, longer than base of R4+5 and r-m, weaker than R2+3 and R4+5; R2+3 distinctly curved; R4+5 and M divergent; M and CuA strongly divergent; complete reduction of CuA2; no cell bm, no crossvein bm-cu; anal vein very short; hind femur lacking subapical setae; hind tibia with six anterodorsal setae; mesopleuron with setulae.