Kuwanimyia Townsend, 1916

Zhao, Zhe, Zhang, Chun-Tian & Chen, Xiao-Lin, 2012, A new species of the genus Kuwanimyia Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Zhanjiang, China, Zootaxa 3238, pp. 57-63 : 58

Kuwanimyia Townsend, 1916

Kuwanimyia Townsend, 1916: 319 . Type species: Kuwanimyia conspersa Townsend, 1916 , by original designation. References. See Cerretti (2009) for a redefinition of the genus and references prior to 2009; O’Hara et al. 2009: 110 [catalogue of China]; O’Hara 2011: 35 [checklist of world Tachinidae genera].

Diagnosis (from Cerretti 2009). Second aristomere 2.2–10.0 times as long as wide. Arista thickened on its basal 2/ 3 or more. Ocellar setae well developed and proclinate. Usually two reclinate upper orbital setae. Parafacial entirely bare. Facial ridge with a row of stout, erect setae along most of its length. First postsutural supra-alar seta longer than notopleural setae. Notopleuron with two strong setae plus one additional weak seta. Usually four katepisternal setae. Scutellum with strongly erect apical setae. Lateral scutellar setae weak or absent. Wing cell r4+5 closed at wing margin or short-petiolate. Male: lacking proclinate orbitale setae; cerci without a medial preapical tooth; hypandrium without a bridge-like sclerite between the hypandrial arms; epiphallus not differentiated.