Gymnoprosopa Townsend, 1892: 108 Gymnoprosopa Allen, 1926: 95 Downes, 1965: 936 Krombein and Kurczewski, 1963: 139 Shewell, 1987: 1182 Spofford et al., 1989: 255 Pape, 1996: 89 A review of subtribe Phrosinellina Verves, 1989, with description of Phrosinella (Asiometopia) kocaki sp. nov. from the Middle East (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae: Metopiaini) Verves, Yury Khrokalo, Liudmyla Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 2016-05-28 41 1 43 59 4RWH Townsend, 1892 Townsend 1892 [876,1223,1214,1238] Insecta Sarcophagidae Gymnoprosopa Animalia Diptera 4 46 Arthropoda genus      Gymnoprosopa Townsend, 1892: 108.   Typespecies:  Gymnoprosopa polita Townsend, 1892; by original designation.     Gymnoprosopa:  Allen, 1926: 95[revision];  Downes, 1965: 936[catalogue];  Krombein and Kurczewski, 1963: 139[habits];  Shewell, 1987: 1182[in key];  Spofford et al., 1989: 255[habits];  Pape, 1996: 89[catalogue].  Bright colored small flies (3.5–6.0 mm in length). Frontal vitta matt yellow to reddish, as wide or widened as one as parafrontalia; frnot reaching below antennal base, almost not divergent; orb1+2; genae covered by inconspicuous black hairs, without pale setae; lower margin of head almost not shortened; lunule bare. r 5open; abdominal tergites with distinct black bands at hind surfaces of tergites; sexual dimorphism practically absent. Six species are distributed in the Nearctic region.   Habits:The larvae of  Gymnoprosopasp.were developed at paralyzed nymphs and adults of  Tridactylussp.( Orthoptera) in nests of sphecoid wasp  Tachytes mergus( Krombein and Kurczewski, 1963; Spofford et al., 1989).