Malacophagomyia (Malacophagomyia) Lopes, 1966

Córdoba-Suarez, Eric, Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Mulieri, Pablo Ricardo, 2024, A new species of Malacophagomyia (Malacophagomyia) Lopes, 1966 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) collected from an urban zone of Southern Colombia, Zootaxa 5458 (3), pp. 442-448 : 443-444

Malacophagomyia (Malacophagomyia) Lopes, 1966

Lopes, 1969: 44; Lopes, 1983: 318 (type genus of subtribe Malacophagomyiina ); Pape, 1996: 43, 249 (generic diagnosis, world catalog); Pape & Dahlem, 2010: 1323 (in key to Central America genera); Mulieri & Mello-Patiu, 2013: 369 (diagnosis Malacophagomyia ); Buenaventura & Pape, 2018: 815, 839, 867 (phylogeny, diagnosis, synonymy of Dodgeisca with Malacophagomyia ); Buenaventura 2021:4 (phylogeny).

Diagnosis. [adapted from Buenaventura & Pape (2018)]. Male mid-femur without a ctenidium; pregonite shorter than phallus, with a membranous area along the ventral margin and near the bent apical part (except in Malacophagomyia rivadavia Mulieri & Mello-Patiu, 2013 ) ( Figs 8–9 ); hillae filiform with a wide or bifid apex ( Figs 8–9 ).

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FIGURES 6–9. Malacophagomyia (M.) gaelana Córdoba-Suarez, Ramos-Pastrana & Mulieri, sp. nov. Holotype male. 6, Sternites 4 and 5; 7, Cercus dorsal view (the red arrow indicates apical lateral projections); 8, Terminalia lateral view; 9, Terminal details, lateral view.Abbreviations: cerc, cercus; hi, hillae; j, juxta; ls, lateral stylus; ple, paraphalllic lateral expansion; ms, median stylus; pg, pregonite; pgt, postgonite; pp, paraphallus; sr, surstylus.