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Male. Length 1.5 mm. Antennae longer than the body, sparsely 

 haired, light brown, yellowish basally, 1 5 segments, the fifth with a 

 stem, slightly enlarged distally, fully one-fourth longer than the 

 cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a sparse subbasal 



Fig. 10 Didactylomyia longimana, male; a, 5th antennal segment, the 

 obscure distal circumfilum not being represented in the illustration; 

 b, male palpus, enlarged, (original) 



whorl of short, stout, slightly curved setae, a broad subapical band 

 of long, slender, curved setae. Irregular, slightly elevated circumfili 

 occur near the basal third and apically. Mouth parts produced, 

 with a length about one-half the transverse diameter of the head. 

 Palpi; the first segment long, the second one-fourth longer than the 

 first, more slender, the third as long as the second, fusiform, the 

 fourth one-fourth longer than the third, more slender. Face yel- 

 lowish. Mesonotum pale yellowish orange, the submedian lines 

 yellowish, indistinct. ScuteUum whitish, postscuteUura pale orange. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish orange. Genitalia 

 pale orange. Wings hyaline, costa pale brown. 

 Halteres yellowish basally, whitish apically. 

 Legs a variable fuscous yellowish, the tarsi 

 light brown; claws long, slender, strongly 

 curved, a long, slender, curved tooth basally, 

 the pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. 

 Genitalia ; basal clasp segment slender, a small, 

 triangular lobe at the internal basal angle; 

 terminal clasp segment very slender, strongly 

 curved near the basal fourth; dorsal plate 

 short, broad, deeply and triangularly incised, 

 the lobes irregularly rounded; ventral plate „. T)' A 



broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, the lom^yi" longimana" 

 lobes short, well separated; style short, stout. Lateral view of claw and 

 tapering, obtusely rounded. Plate 5, figure 5. tip of last tarsal segment, 

 Type Cecid. 830. enlarged, (original) 



