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

 haired, light brown, yellowish basally, 15 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 circumflli 

 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. Scutellum whitish, postscutellum pale orange. 

 Abdomen pale yellowish orange. Genitalia 

 pale orange. Wings hyaline, cost a 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 

 broad, broadly and roundly emarginate, the 

 lobes short, well separated; style short, stout, 

 tapering, obtusely rounded. Plate 5, figure 5. 

 Type Cecid. 830. 



Fig. 11 D i da c 1 y - 

 lomyia longimana. 

 Lateral view 01 claw and 

 tip of last tarsal segment, 



enlarged, (original; 



