BrownBrian V.A second contender for “world’s smallest fly” (Diptera: Phoridae)Biodivers Data J24120182018610.3897/BDJ.6.e22396 Megapropodiphora urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AC55B401-F579-4024-91B0-39D8E204A5F5 Brown, 2018gen. n. Megapropodiphora Megapropodiphora arnoldi Brown 2018 Status: new species described in this paper.Description

Same as for species.

Diagnosis

There are a small number of minute, limuloid phorid genera in the world. In the New World tropics, the only relatively similar genera have large, differentiated frontal setae that are several times longer than the short frontal setae and do not have the scutellum covering the abdomen (Brown 1993). The Old World species of the genus Euryplatea Schmitz, likewise differ by having the abdomen not covered by the scutellum and by having a solid, triangular wing rudiment (Brown 2012).

BrownB. V.1993Convergent adaptations in Phoridae (Diptera) living in the nests of social insects: a review of the New World AenigmatiinaeMemoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada16511513710.4039/entm125165115-1BrownB. V.2012Small size no protection for acrobat ants: world's smallest fly is a parasitic phorid (Diptera: Phoridae)Annals of the Entomological Society of America105455055410.1603/AN12011