Neorypellia Pont, 1972

Neorypellia Pont, 1972: 10 . Type species: Neopyrellia neglecta Townsend, 1939 .

Diagnosis. Colouration shining metallic dark-green; wing with maculae on apex of Sc and R1, and on apex of R2+3. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital seta; parafrons setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Presutural acrostichals undeveloped; one postsutural pair. Dorsocentrals 0+2. Posthumeral and parahumeral present; postsutural intra-alars 2; intrapostalar present. Prosternum bare. Katepisternals 1+2. Meron bare. Posterior spiracle bare on posterior margin. Suprasquamal ridge bare. Wing with the basal portion of stemvein setulose ventrally; apical portion of stem-vein setulose dorsally; R1 and R4+5 bare; Rs node setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter glossiform. Subcostal sclerite bare. Calcar weak.

Comments. A small-bodied bluish metallic muscine with glossiform lower calypter and weak calcar, with a single species ( N. neglecta) recorded from Brazil and Paraguay.

Distribution (1 species). Neotropical.

References. Albuquerque (1955), de Carvalho and Couri (2002).