Rafaelomyia, Soares & Capellari & Ramos-Pastrana, 2023

Soares, Matheus M. M., Capellari, Renato S. & Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany, 2023, Rafaelomyia, a remarkable new genus of South American long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), Zootaxa 5389 (2), pp. 151-172 : 153

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CDC5E9AC-B029-4D3F-B4C9-75EC018BA9C3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10419048
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687B7-5E24-6D3F-FF33-41EBFA0207D8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Rafaelomyia
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Key to males of Rafaelomyia gen. nov.

1 Femora mostly brown to dark brown ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 5A View FIGURE 5 ).......................................................... 2

- Femora mostly yellow ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 7A View FIGURE 7 , 9A View FIGURE 9 ).................................................................. 3

2 Femur II with antero- and posteroventral rows of long and strong setae ( Fig. 3B, D View FIGURE 3 ); tibia III lacking posteroventral rows of long setae near apex; cercus unbranched ( Fig. 4C, D View FIGURE 4 ); phallus trident-shaped in ventral view ( Fig. 4G View FIGURE 4 )................................................................................................... Rafaelomyia exu sp. nov.

- Femur II with 1 strong anteroventral seta near base ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); tibia III with posterior to posteroventral rows of long setae from apical 4/6 to 5.5/6; cercus branched ( Fig. 6C, D View FIGURE 6 ); phallus mostly tubular and widening at apex ( Fig. 6F, G View FIGURE 6 ).......................................................................................... Rafaelomyia singularis sp. nov.

3 Tibiae I and II yellow to dark yellow ( Fig. 9A, B View FIGURE 9 ); R 2+3 thickened at middle ( Fig. 9F View FIGURE 9 ); basal 1/2 of dorsal edge of phallus with dentiform processes ( Fig. 10F View FIGURE 10 )..................................................... Rafaelomyia xavieri sp. nov.

- Tibiae I and II brown to dark brown ( Figs 1A, B View FIGURE 1 , 7A View FIGURE 7 ); R 2+3 not thickened ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 , 7F View FIGURE 7 ); basal 1/2 of dorsal edge of phallus lacking dentiform processes ( Figs 2F View FIGURE 2 , 8E View FIGURE 8 ).................................................................. 4

4 Body length 3.8–4.4 mm ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); wing light brown ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ); outer branch of cercus with short, truncated inner projection near apex ( Fig. 2C, D View FIGURE 2 ); phallus with 2 long, narrow acute processes near apex ( Fig. 2F, G View FIGURE 2 )....... Rafaelomyia inpa sp. nov.

- Body length 6 mm ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ); wing dark brown ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 ); outer branch of cercus with wide, rounded inner projection near apex ( Fig. 8B, C View FIGURE 8 ); phallus with lobulated processes near apex ( Fig. 8E, F View FIGURE 8 ).................. Rafaelomyia uniamazonia sp. nov.