Maietta Alexander, 1929

Santos, Daubian, Santos, Rodrigo Dos Reis & Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha, 2019, Systematics of the genus Maietta Alexander with description of three new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae), Zootaxa 4695 (4), pp. 331-350 : 332

Genus Maietta Alexander, 1929

Maietta Alexander, 1929: 184 . Type-species: Maietta squamiger a Alexander, 1929.

Diagnosis. Wing covered by typical flattened scales ( Fig. 3a ). Female hypogynial valve disc-shaped ( Fig. 8 ). Cercus with a dorsal membranous area ( Fig. 4 ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Wing of Maietta squamigera Alexander, 1929 (male). a: tip of the wing; b: scales in detailed view.

FIGURE 4. Cercus and tergite X of Maietta trimedia Alexander, 1967 in lateral view (female).

FIGURE 8. Female terminalia of Maietta (lateral view). a: Maietta squamigera Alexander, 1929; b: Maietta trimedia Alexan- der, 1967; c: Maietta dextra sp. n.; d: Maietta edwardsi sp. n.; e: Maietta sinistra sp. n. Abbreviations: dp, dorsal projection; cer, cercus; hyp val, hypogynial valve; pp, posterior projection; st, sternite; tg, tergite.