Microphorella trochanterata lineage

This distinctive lineage includes M. trochanterata sp. nov. and a second species, Microphorella sp. A, which is not formally named and described on account of the poor condition of the unique male specimen (see below). Males of this lineage share a number of putative synapomorphies including a large rounded or disc-like apex of the hind trochanter (Figs 93, 94), a narrow process of abdominal sternite 6 (Fig. 96), an articulated elbow-like phallus, a posteriorly produced hypandrium and a digitiform cercus with long setae (Figs 97–99).