Microcerella austrohartigia Pape, 1990

Austrohartigia bicoloricauda Lopes, 1981: 334 . (Junior secondary homonym of Mesosthyrsia bicoloricauda Enderlein, 1928 .)

Microcerella austrohartigia Pape, 1990: 50 . (New name for Austrohartigia bicoloricauda Lopes, 1981 .)

Distribution: Neotropical – Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo).

Material studied: Buenos Aires: 2 Ψ Burzaco, Alte. Brown, I.2006, Mulieri leg. (ANLIS); 2 ɗ, 5 Ψ Burzaco, Alte. Brown, IV–X.2006 reared from bovine liver, Mulieri leg. (ANLIS).

Remarks: Illustrations of male and female terminalia can be found in Lopes (1981).

Biology: Unknown but probably saprophagous. We have reared this species on rotten bovine liver.