166 Phoridae. 



BuU. Wisc. Nat. Hist. Soc. XII, 102. — 1918. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. 

 Genootsch. Limburg 1917, 114. 



Male. Frons nearly quadratic, a little broader than high, black 

 and shining, coarsely piinctate; three rows of strong bristles, the 

 anterior row a little convex and more distant from the middle row than 

 this latter from the posterior; supraantennal bristles present, about 

 half the size of the others. Antennæ reddish brown to blackish, third 

 joint somewhat large; arista short-pubescent. Palpi not large, yellow, 

 bristles not long; proboscis yellowish. Thorax black, nearly dull. 

 with black or blackish pubescence and with one pair of dorsocentral 

 bristles, but between these a pair of smaller bristles, Scutellum witli 

 two strong bristles. Mesopleiira hairy on the upper part and with a 

 long and strong bristle before the suture. Abdomen greyish black, 

 dull; first segment membraneous and pale at the hind border in the 

 middle, second segment somewhat elongated. Abdomen with short 

 hairs, almost only forming a row at the hind margin of each segment, 

 sixth segment with a little longer hairs; at the lateral margins the 

 hairs are a little longer, and they are longest and dense at the sides 

 of first and second segments. Hypopygium relatively not small, dull ; 

 it is hairy and with long hairs below; anal tube short, but distinctly 

 protruding, yellow, with longish hairs. Legs somewhat robust, hind 

 femora much dilated; the legs are black, front tibiæ and tarsi yellow 

 or brownish yellow, and likewise the coxal joints and the knees, but 

 the latter very narrowly; front tibiæ with a dorsal bristle at the upper 

 third, middle tibiæ with a pair at the upper third and an anterior 

 bristle in some distance from the apex, hind tibiæ with two anterior 

 bristles, one at the upper third and one at apex; all bristles strong; 

 the hind tibiæ have the hairs on the dorsal side in the whole length 

 arranged in dense, comb-like, transverse rows. Wings brown, costa 

 black the other veins brown; costa reaching about to the middle, 

 1 nearly equal to 2 or a little longer; costal cilia moderately short; 

 fourth vein strongly curved at base and curved slightly and evenly 

 downwards towards apex ; the third vein has a row of distinct bristles 

 on its basal part. Halteres black with a brown peduncle. 



Female. Antennæ smaller than in the male; clypeus narrow and 

 protruding; proboscis larger than in the male, rather long and protrud- 

 ing and of a brown or blackish colour; palpi larger and with much 

 longer bristles. 



Length 3 to about 4 mm. 



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