Phthinia Winnertz

Oliveira, Sarah Siqueira & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010, The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil, Zootaxa 2350, pp. 22-34 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.193432
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6195833
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E0C8786-A95D-FFDE-AEF0-7B6452778327
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Phthinia Winnertz
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Phthinia Winnertz View in CoL View at ENA

Phthinia Winnertz, 1863: 779 View in CoL . Type-species, Phthinia humilis Winnertz, 1863: 779 View in CoL ( Johannsen, 1909: 83, by subseq. des.).

Diagnosis. Legs particularly long and slender; fore legs with the first tarsomere approximately twice the length of the tibia, mid and hind first tarsomeres about as long as tibial length. Thorax short, strongly arched; laterotergite and mediotergite setose. Wing membrane covered with macro and microtrichia; M1+2 short, usually shorter or only slightly longer than r-m, medial fork very long; cubital fork very distal, beyond origin of Rs, second sector of CuA strongly curved toward wing base on distal half.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Mycetophilidae