Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Pyrellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 462 . Type species: Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .

Diagnosis. Colouration metallic green to shining violaceous; wing without maculae. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital seta; parafrons setulose; interfrontal seta absent. Posthumeral present; postsutural intraalars 1; intrapostalar present. Prosternum usually bare. Katepisternals 1+3. Wing with the apical portion of stem-vein setulose dorsally; Rs node and R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5; vein C setulose ventrally until Sc. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite setulose ventrally. Mid tibia with a strong submedian seta on ventral to posteroventral surface. Calcar strong.

Distribution (25 species). Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic.

References. Afrotropical species: Peris (1967), Zielke (1971), Couri et al. (2006), Pont and Baldock (2007); Australasian: Pont (1973); Palaearctic: Hennig (1963b), Peris and Llorente (1963), Zimin and Elberg (1988), Xue and Chao (1998), Gregor et al. (2002), Shinonaga (2003); Oriental: Emden (1965).