Mapinguari Papavero & Wilcox

Calhau, Julia, Lamas, Carlos José Einicker & Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, 2016, A new Mapinguari Papavero & Wilcox (Diptera, Mydidae, Mydinae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, Zootaxa 4179 (2), pp. 253-262 : 254

Mapinguari Papavero & Wilcox

Mapinguari Papavero & Wilcox, 1974: 52 . Type-species: Midas politus Wiedemann, 1828 .

Diagnosis. Labella strongly sclerotized, laterally flattened, perpendicular to prementum. Anterior oral margin at about the same level that the lower compound eye margin. Scutum mostly shiny, without definite pruinose stripes or spots. Legs without strong setae, distal half of fore and mid tibiae densely setulose. First hind tarsomere slightly longer than wide. Hind tibia with ventral keel. Upper calypter broad, with long squamose marginal setulae. Sc ending in C, reaching about half length of cell r4. Cell r4 closed. Veins M1 and M2 fused. Abdomen as wide as thorax, not narrowed in the middle, coppery orange or coppery red. Female terminalia: sternite 8 distally with largely membranous lateral and medial lobes; lateral lobe with oval or footprint-shaped sclerotized area; medial lobe with narrow, vertical sclerotized area. Capsule of lateral and medial spermathecae slightly to strongly curved.