Myriophora opilionidis (Borgmeier)

(Figs 6.5, 12.10)

Megaselia opilionidis Borgmeier 1931: 143 .

Plastophora opilionidis: Borgmeier 1961: 86 (new combination). Megaselia opilionidis: Disney 1978: 318 (new combination). Myriophora opilionidis: Brown 1992: 78 . (new combination).

Diagnosis. Female. Myriophora opilionidis is most similar to M. sinesplendida in the overall structure of the oviscape, but the sclerites in M. opilionidis are more sclerotized and shiny, and the anterior scutellar setae are longer in M. opilionidis (over half the length of the posterior pair) than in M. sinesplendida .

Distribution. Argentina and Brazil.

Host. Unknown but some specimens were observed running on the ground near a harvestman Opiliones laniatores (see Borgmeier 1931).

Material examined. Brazil: Nova Teutônia, 1♀, Fritz Plaumann, (Det. Borgmeier) (USNM).