Dichaetomyia Malloch, 1921

Couri, Márcia Souto, de Carvalho, Claudio J. B. & Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Taxonomy of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Namibia: a key to genera, diagnoses, new records and description of a new species, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 47-47 : 51

Genus Dichaetomyia Malloch, 1921

Dichaetomyia is a species-rich genus in the Afrotropical Region, with 35 species in the subgenus Dichaetomyia s. str. and 30 in the subgenus Panaga Curran, 1928 (Pont 1980; Couri et al. 2006). Both subgenera are widespread in the Afrotropical Region, and Panaga is restricted to it. The subgenus Panaga can be distinguished by the presence of setulae or stiff setulae on the greater ampulla (infra-alar bulla), which is bare in the subgenus Dichaetomyia . See Couri et al. (2006) for generic diagnosis. Dichaetomyia cuthbertsoni Emden, 1942 was recorded by Zielke (1971 a: 176, Otjiwarongo, Farm Abechaus), whilst D. luteiventris (Rondani, 1873) represents a new record for Namibia.