Stenomicra Coquillett, 1900

Grimaldi, David A., 2009, The Asteioinea of Fiji (Insecta: Diptera: Periscelididae, Asteiidae, Xenasteiidae), American Museum Novitates 3671, pp. 1-60 : 4

Genus Stenomicra Coquillett

Stenomicra Coquillett, 1900: 262 . Type species: S. angustata Coquillett , by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: Small, slender, generally lightcolored flies with slender wings; possessing the following combination of features that distinguish the genus from Cyamops and/or Stenocyamops : (maxillary) palps reduced to minute papillae; inner vertical setae present, proclinate (absent in Cyamops ); acrostichal setulae in one incomplete row, or lost (two or more rows in Cyamops ); anal lobe of wing, alula, vein A 1 +CuA 2 completely or virtually lost (all these features present in Cyamops ; some features present in Stenocyamops ); anepisternum without silvery microtomentum or row of setae on posterior margin; paired structures of male genitalia symmetrical (asymmetrical in Cyamops ), hypandrium asymmetrical (symmetrical in Stenocyamops ).