Epidapus ( Macrotarsus ) nanus Menzel, 2007

= Epidapus ( Macrotarsus) nanus Menzel, 2007 View in CoL , syn. n.

Epidapus ( Macrotarsus) nanus Menzel, 2007 View in CoL [ Menzel & Smith (2007): 68 –70; fig. 5–10].

Literature: Menzel & Smith (2009): 35–37, fig. 30–35.

Material studied: Holotype: Male, 30.vii.–1.viii.2000, Seychelles, North Island , Malaise trap (M11), on Lantana camara , leg. J. Gerlach ( SDEI).

Comments. The species is characterized by short antennae, 4 th flagellomere with a l/w index of 1.2, hairs longer than the width of the basal node; a 2-segmented palpus; wings short and broad; haltere short, gonostylus short and strongly pointed to the apex, with a long and slender apical tooth and 4 nearly as long apical spines, two above the tooth and two below. The species belongs by the characters of the hypopygium (short and pointed gonostylus with an apical tooth and 4 nearly as long spines and a large, wider than long tegmen with shouldered lateral sides) to the genus Epidapus , although all the other characters like the short halteres, short wings and short flagellomeres differ from the usual Epidapus characters. It is identical to Epidapus nanus Menzel, 2007 ( holotypes compared), described from the Seychelles, so the latter is a new junior synonym. The name Macrotarsus was established by Mohrig (2004) as a subgenus of Epidapus but the name was later declared a junior homonym of Macrotarsus Link, 1795 (Mammalia) and a replacement name, Zuhalia, was proposed to be used instead ( Koçak & Hüseyinoğlu 2008).

Distribution. Micronesia ( Marshall Islands); Seychelles.