Parectyphus Hesse, 1972

Lyons, Kathleen M. & Dikow, Torsten, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 and Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 with a key to world Ectyphinae (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae), ZooKeys 73, pp. 25-59 : 44

Genus Parectyphus Hesse, 1972

Parectyphus Hesse 1972: 165. Type species: Parectyphus namibiensis Hesse, 1972, by monotypy.

Diagnosis:

The genus can be distinguished from other Afrotropical Mydidae by the presence of a complete stump vein (R3) connecting R2 and R4, the distinctly clubbed metathoracic femur, the presence of a ventral keel on the metathoracic tibia terminating into a well-developed apical spine, M3+CuA1 terminate together into C on the posterior wing margin, the configuration of the male terminalia, and its apparent distribution in south-western Namibia and far north-western South Africa.