Micropeza, Meigen, 1803

Soares, Matheus M. M., Barros, Luana M. & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2020, A remarkable new species of Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Caatinga biome, Brazil, Zootaxa 4890 (3), pp. 439-445 : 440

Key for Micropeza species with finger-shaped projection on Costal vein (males)

1 Fore coxa black ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 1); mid tibia with posterior long hairs at apex ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 2); mid and hind femora with three dorsal black bands ( Harterreiten-Souza et al. 2014, fig. 1)......................................................................... M. dactyloptera Harterreiten-Souza, Sujii & Pujol-Luz

- Fore coxa dark brown in basal half and apical half yellow ( Fig. 1 ); mid tibia lacking long hairs at apex ( Fig. 1 ); mid and hind femora with two dorsal dark irregular spots ( Figs 1 , 8 )....................................... M. chiroptera sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Micropeza chiroptera sp. nov., holotype ³. 1. Lateral habitus; 2. Wing, dorsal view; 3. Finger-shaped projection on costal vein.Abbreviations: C = costal vein; M1 = first branch of media; M4 = fourth branch of media; R2+3= second branch of radius; R4+5 = third branch of radius.

FIGURES 4–8. Micropeza chiroptera sp. nov., holotype ³. 4–6. Head; 4. Dorsal view; 5. Frontal view; 6. Lateral view; 7. Thorax, dorsal view; 8. Mid femur, anterior view.