Ferovisenda Mamaev, 1972

Jaschhof, Mathias, 2016, A review of world Diallactiini (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae, Winnertziinae), with the description of six new genera and seventeen new species, Zootaxa 4127 (2), pp. 201-244 : 209

Genus Ferovisenda Mamaev, 1972

Ferovisenda — Mamaev 1972: 114. Type species, pigrum Mamaev , by original designation.

In his description of Ferovisenda Mamaev (1972) referred to the similarity of this genus to Diallactes (valid name Diallactia ), which is misleading. The notes I made on the male holotype of F. pigrum , examined in 2012, make clear that Ferovisenda is actually extremely similar to Gynapteromyia . The only reasons why I hesitate to synonymize the two names are the eye bridge, which in F. pigrum is 4–5 ommatidia long dorsally, thus slightly longer than usual in Gynapteromyia , and the tegmen, which has a subtriangular apex and substructures that I am unable to resolve. However, I would not rule out the possibility that a re-examination of the types of F. pigrum now, with a deeper understanding of Diallactiini characters, would arrive at the conclusion that this species is just a slightly aberrant Gynapteromyia .