Rhinomada Gnezdilov, 2025

Genus Rhinomada Gnezdilov , gen. nov.

Type species: Afronaso gryphus Gnezdilov et Bourgoin, 2009 , by present designation.

Diagnosis (after Gnezdilov & Bourgoin 2009, figs 53–60). Male brachypterous, elongate, with large weakly flattened laterally metopial proboscis bearing median carina apically. Female brachypterous, robust, with short metopial proboscis. Metope wide, smooth or cross-striated. Coryphe transverse, nearly hexagonal, with weak median carina; anterior and posterior margins nearly straight. Pedicel with a strong process. Rostrum with short cylindrical third segment. Pronotum short, with tiny paradiscal fields, not visible behind the eyes. Fore wings reaching middle (in female) or hind margin (in male) of third abdominal tergite, venation obscure. Femora slightly foliate, flattened. Tibiae not flattened neither foliate. Hind tibia with a single lateral spine. First and second metatarsomeres are equal in length, with only two latero-apical spines, without intermediate spines.

Penis asymmetrical, with large projection basally and without dorsal process ( Gnezdilov & Bourgoin 2009, figs 99, 100). Dorso-lateral phallobase lobes covered by microsetae. Ventral hooks of aedeagus curved.

Etymology. Generic name is an amalgamation of Greek “ρισ”—nose and Madagascar.

Composition and distribution. Two species in Madagascar.