Calvopeza, new genus

DIAGNOSIS: (female only). Macrosetae absent from head, thorax, and abdomen (some fine setae/setulae on legs); fine, minute acrostichals present in 2–3 irregular, short rows. Scutum strongly arched; palp large, long. Vein M 1 arched strongly away from M 2; membrane of wing mostly with microtrichia, except in basal cells; A 1 +CuA 2 apically incomplete, A 2 spectral. Tibiae and tarsi with dark bifid scales; metatarsomeres 1–4 slightly flattened and expanded.

TYPE SPECIES: C. divergens, new species .

ETYMOLOGY: From calvus (L., “naked, bare”), in reference to the virtual lack of setae on the head and body, and - peza, a common suffix in genera of Platypezidae . The genus name is feminine.