Paramyia, Williston, 1897

Levesque-Beaudin, Valerie & Mlynarek, Julia J., 2020, Revision of Nearctic Paramyia Williston (Diptera: Milichiidae), Zootaxa 4732 (1), pp. 1-56 : 4

Key to the North American females of Paramyia

1 Body yellow …............................................................................ P. lutea n. sp.

- Body brown or black …............................................................................... 2

2 All tarsi dark brown to black and matching the tibia ( Fig. 11D ) …................................ P. nigritarsi n. sp.

- Fore tarsi yellow to brown; mid and hind tarsi yellow and clearly differing from the brown to dark brown tibia ( Fig. 7E , 13D ) … ................................................................................................. 3

3 Flagellum short and oblong, 1.4-1.6 times wider than long; pedicel usually brown or paler than flagellum ( Fig. 13E ); palpus short and broad with a row of ventral slender setae ( Fig. 13F ) …................................ P. brevikeraia n. sp.

- Flagellum subquadrate and at most 1.25 times wider than long or longer, if closer to 1.4 times wider than long, gena very narrow: eye 7.7-8.0 times as high as gena; pedicel usually same color than flagellum, dark brown; palpus longer and narrow … 4

4 Labella yellowish to amber in lateral view from base to apex with only extreme base darker at the junction with labium (clear difference between labium and labella color) ( Fig. 7G ) and fore tibia yellowish to light brown (paler than fore femur) on anterior, posterior and ventral side; dorsal side with extremities yellowish and a variable brown patch in the middle.............................................................................................. P. pseudonitens n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Paramyia pseudonitens male (A) habitus, (B) head frontal, (C) head lateral, (D) fore leg; female (E) habitus, (F) head frontal, (G) head lateral. Scale bar: habitus = 1 mm, others = 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 11. Paramyia nigritarsi male (A) habitus, (B) head frontal, (C) head lateral, (D) fore leg; female (E) habitus, (F) head frontal, (G) head lateral. Scale bar: habitus = 1 mm, others = 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 13. Paramyia brevikeraia male (A) habitus, (B) head frontal, (C) head lateral; female (D) habitus, (E) head frontal, (F) head lateral. Scale bar: habitus = 1 mm, others = 0.2 mm.