The american genera of Mydidae (Diptera), with the description of three new genera and two new species

New species and new records of Mydidae from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Insecta, Diptera, Asiloidea)

“… Curran’s (1934) original description of Nemomydas and also the added generic characters by Wilcox and Papavero (1971) do also apply to Leptomydas species studied by me, i.e., the type species Leptomydas lusitanicus (Wiedemann, 1820) from Spain, Leptomydas sardous (Costa, 1884) from Italy, and Leptomydas turcicus Bowden, 1983 from Turkey. The only morphological differences I can find among Old World and New World species, are male terminalia characters (particularly the development of median gonocoxal appendages).…”

Taxonomic revision of Pseudorhopalia Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae, Rhopaliinae), with description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon

“…Terminology follows Cumming & Wood (2009), for general morphology and Stuckenberg (1999) for antennal structures. The term "sensory area", as used by Wilcox & Papavero (1971), designates the sunken area near apex of antenna. A capital "T" and "S", followed by the abdominal segment number, are used to refer to "tergite" and "sternite" respectively.…”

Apiophorinae of Brazil: taxonomic revision of the genus Eumydas Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Diptera: Mydidae)

“…Despite having some features in common, Eumydas is easily distinguished from Paramydas (as described by Artigas & Palma 1979, Artigas & Papavero 1970, Wilcox & Papavero 1971,) by the following: head and scutum with dense pubescent areas {Paramydas has no dense pubescent area on body); katepimeron and anepisternum asetulose {Paramydas has a setulose katepimeron and anepisternum with setulae on dorsal an posterior margins); male abdomen predominantly orange (abdomen of Paramydas is black with blue or green metallic reflections); female TlO with acanthophorite spines {Paramydas is the only Apiophorinae with setulae instead of acanthophorite spines); abdomen without abdominal punctuation (deep and dense punctuation is exclusive oi Paramydas). …”

“…The term "sensory area", as used by Wilcox & Papavero (1971), designates the sunken area near the apex of antenna, and "seta-like sensory element" indicates the small structure at postpedicel apex, which is possibly part of a reduced stylus (Dikow & Londt 2000). A capital "T" and "S", followed by the abdominal segment number, frequently substitute the terms "tergite" and "sternite", respectively.…”