Mitroplatia Enderlein, 1935

Mitroplatia Enderlein, 1935: 236 . Type species: Mitroplatia pygmaea Enderlein, 1935 .

Diagnosis. Colouration metallic blue to violaceous; wing without maculae. Female with proclinate frontoorbital seta developed or not; parafrons weakly setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Acrostichals 0+1. Posthumeral present; postsutural intra-alars 1; intrapostalar present. Prosternum bare and conspicuously enlarged anteriorly, with a trapezoid shape (Fig. 8). Katepisternals 1+2 (sometimes 1+1). Wing with the Rs node setulose dorsally and ventrally; R4+5 setulose dorsally and usually ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite bare. Calcar strong. First abdominal sternite widely setulose.

Distribution (15 species). Afrotropical and Oriental.

References. Afrotropical species: Peris (1961, 1967), Zielke (1971); Oriental: Emden (1965), Xue and Chao (1998). [Most references include the Mitroplatia species in Morellia . See the Afrotropical and Oriental catalogues (Pont 1977, 1980).]