A revision of the Afrotropical species of Pachylophus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) and some related Ovoviviparous genera Author Deeming, John C. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-17 4482 1 1 51 journal article 29184 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.1.1 72a80b13-e18f-4dc3-bec2-bb20d17f0e5f 1175-5326 1454415 79FECD6E-5192-45C3-9B46-4E6817366F64 Pachylophus Loew, 1858 Type species: Pachylophus frontalis Loew 1858 : 121 Pachylophus is defined by the combination of its chloropine wing venation (costa extending to apex of R4+5), its appreciably swollen hind femur, frontal triangle with only a single line of setae on either side, face lacking a median carina and the compactly black-haired arista situated preapically or apically on a postpedicel that is more or less reniform, though in P. mirabilis , described here, it is more produced apically.