Mahafalymydas, n. gen.

Type species: Mahafalymydas wiegmanni n. sp.

Etymology: Mahafaly, referring to the Mahafaly people of Madagascar, with mydas referring to the Mydidae .

Head: Face bulbous, protruding as far as scape, proboscis (labella) vestigial; apicoflagellomere globular, subequal in length to scape, pedicel, and basoflagellomere (Fig. 11).

Wing: M1 ending in R1 closing cells r4, r5, m1, CuA1 broadly curved.

Male terminalia: Epandrium reduced; gonocoxites extended posteriorly, divided apically; phallus short, thick, bifid apically (Figs. 13–15, 18–20).

Remarks: This new genus is included in the Syllegomydinae until a phylogenetic revision of the higher classification of the African Mydidae can be completed.