Eibesfeldtphora Disney

Brown, Brian V., Braganca, Marcos A. L., Gomes, Diego S., Queiros, Jarbas M. & Teixeira, Marcos C., 2012, Parasitoid phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from the threatened leafcutter ant Atta robusta Borgmeier (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 3385, pp. 33-38 : 34

Eibesfeldtphora Disney , in Disney et al., 2009

Neodohrniphora Malloch, 1914 , in part.

Genus and species recognition. Disney (in Disney et al., 2009) elevated this former subgenus of Neodohrniphora to generic stature. The latest identification key to species in this genus is that of Brown (2001), which included illustrations of the oviscape of each species. Since then, two further new species have been described ( Disney et al., 2009).

Generalized description of adult females. Frons narrow, brown, median furrow present. 4-4-4 frontal setae present; lower interfrontal setae much lower on frons than lower fronto-orbital setae; supra-antennal setae absent. Three ocelli present; ocellar triangle black. Palpus and proboscis small, yellow. Flagellomere 1 slightly pointed, light brown; arista present. Scutum light brown; scutellum dark brown, with anterior setula and larger posterior seta. Pleuron yellow to light brown; anepisternum bare. Legs yellow; all tibiae with dorsal longitudinal row of enlarged setulae except absent on foreleg of E. mexicanae Disney. Foreleg with only 4 separate tarsomeres (tarsomeres 4 and 5 fused). Wing well developed, with vein R2+3 present; halter dark brown. Abdominal segments 1–5 yellow (rarely light brown) ventrally, segment 6 dark gray becoming yellow posteriorly. Abdominal tergites dark grayish brown with posterior yellow band. Segment 7 (oviscape) darkly sclerotized with various lateral lobes; membrane of intersegment 7–8 with small ventral sclerite; segments 8–10 form apically pointed stylet.

Species are relatively uniform, with differences largely confined to the female oviscape. Thus, descriptions are short, but combined with illustrations, are sufficient to diagnose and recognize species.