Dytomyia flavicaudata, Ya., 2021

Ya., Igor, 2021, Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 51 (6), pp. 85-91 : 87

Key to Afrotropical Dytomyia species (males)

1 All coxae yellow; abdominal segments 1–5 entirely yellow ( Figs 1A–F); body length 3.8 mm ( Kenya) ..................................................... D. flavicaudata n. sp.

– Mid and hind coxae brown-black; abdomen entirely blackish green ...............2

2 Male fore femur with 3 or 4 long posteroventral setae in middle, the longest seta half as long as femur; male genitalia as in Grichanov (1998: figs 4, 5); body length 3.6 mm ( Madagascar: Anosy Region )............ D. deconinckae Grichanov

– Fore femur without long setae; male genitalia not as above..............................3

3 Male fore tibia with long posteroventral seta just before middle; outer lobe of male cercus bifurcated at middle, with several short setae ( Grichanov 1998: fig. 6); body length 3.4 mm ( Madagascar: Atsinanana Region )................................. ............................................................................................. D. elenae Grichanov

– Male fore tibia with long posteroventral seta in basal third; cercus various .....4

4 Outer lobe of male cercus 2× as long as epandrium, approximately 5× as long as wide at base, 5× as long as basoventral lobe, slightly enlarged at apex, with spade-like ventral projection at basal ⅓ ( Fig. 1G); body length about 4 mm ( Madagascar: Atsinanana Region, Diana Region, Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region; St Helena).......................................................... D. lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck)

– Outer lobe of male cercus with 2 short arms; dorsal arm with apical brush of long yellow undulate setae; ventral arm 2× as long as dorsal arm, shorter than epandrium, slightly widened and truncate apically ( Grichanov 1998: fig. 7); body length 3.3 mm ( Madagascar: Atsinanana Region) .............. D. paulyi Grichanov