Udzungwomyia Grichanov, 2018

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2019, Discovery of Udzungwomyia Grichanov in South Africa and definition of a new tribe Udzungwomyiini (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 267-275 : 269

Genus Udzungwomyia Grichanov, 2018

Type species: Udzungwomyia morogoro Grichanov, 2018 (original designation).

Diagnosis: This generic diagnosis is based on males and females of two included species, and lists features considered to be of generic importance. Body generally brown-black, weakly pollinose; face in middle about as wide as postpedicel height; antenna about as long as head height, black; postpedicel about as large as pedicel, semiglobular, with indistinct apex; stylus preapical; mesonotum with 1 long and 1 short notopleural, 1 supra-alar bristles; acrostichal setae absent; lateral scutellars present, hair-LiKe; mid and hind Legs with shOrt, but distinct bLacK majOr bristLes; hind basitarsus shorter than next segment; distal section of vein M 1 weakly curved, R 4+5 and M 1 slightly converging on distal half, subparallel at wing apex; crossvein dm–m positioned at wing midlength, shorter than maximum distance between R 4+5 and M 1 veins; postabdomen nearly symmetrical, with epandrial foramen positioned basally; male segments 6 and 7 bare, segment 7 reduced, devoid of setae; segment 8 well-developed, setose; genitalia mostly exposed; hypandrium midventral, bifurcated from base, with two long and thin arms; phallus simple; surstylus strongly developed and distinctly divided, with ventral arm fused to epandrium, and dorsal arm free. Female terga 9+10 divided medially into 2 hemitergites, each bearing one thick spine and several long simple setae.