Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 1923

Ament, Danilo Cesar & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2010, Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil, Zootaxa 2421, pp. 35-48 : 36

Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 1923

Coniceromyia Borgmeier, 1923: 338 . Type-species, Coniceromyia epicantha Borgmeier (orig.des.).

Diagnosis (adapted from Kung & Brown, 2000). One pair of reclinate supra-antennal setae present. Anepisternal furrow absent. Foremetatarsus of male with elongate, fringed process at apex, tibiae with large, unpaired setae, hind tibia without dorsal, longitudinal rows of enlarged setulae. Wing vein R2+3 absent or vestigial. Epandrium with fused surstyli shifted to left side, hypandrium with right process bilobed.

Comments. Borgmeier (1963) suggested some other features describing the genus. The frons is broader than long, with two weak reclinate supra-antenals. There is one lower postocular and 1–3 malar bristles. The male third flagellomere is elongate-conical, pyriform or oval, oval in females. The anepisternum is undivided, dorsally bare or hairy. The foretibia has 2–4 dorsal setae and an anterodorsal row of stronger setae, sometimes with a highly modified dorsal spine and occasionally with an excavation with strong setae. The male foremetatarsus is frequently excavated, with an anteroapical fringed process. The hind femur has tiny, blunt posteroventral setae on its basal half, sometimes greatly widened near base. The hind tibia has 1–2 dorsal bristles on proximal half, without longitudinal setae palisades. The typical wing has the costa generally widened near the base, extending 0.3–0.5 of wing length. R2+3 is vestigial or absent. The wing may be entirely hyaline, but sometimes is maculated. In these cases, the species can be easily differentiated by the wing maculation pattern. Abdominal tergites are nearly bare, generally with posterior yellow seams. The female terminalia is fleshy. The male hypopygium is large, hairy, typically asymmetrical, with left lateral expansion generally bearing subepandrial processes. There is a subepandrial wall covering the area under the cerci from the right subepandrial plate to the left epandrial process. The hypandrium is hairy and bilobed.