Pelomyiinae Foster, 1976
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/19548796-4359-AA3C-FE9A-FCFCFBC432A2 |
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Felipe |
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Pelomyiinae Foster, 1976 |
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Subfamily Pelomyiinae Foster, 1976
Included genera: Pelomyia Williston ; Pelomyiella Hendel ; Neopelomyia Hendel ; Masoniella Vockeroth. Neopelomyia differs from typical genera in facial structure, probably as a specially derived condition in this genus in connection with elongation of the proboscis. Masoniella has been placed in the Tethininae , but Foster & Mathis (2003) confirmed its placement in the Pelomyiinae .
Autapomorphies: fore coxa elongate; discal and second basal cells (dm and bm) confluent.
Shared apomorphies: lower margin of face and prelabrum displaced posteriorly on ventral surface of head (condition shared with Horaismopterinae , approached in few Tethininae ; condition probably reversed in Neopelomyia ; condition unknown to me in Masoniella ); distal section of vein 6 sharply defined (but quite desclerotized and not nearly reaching margin, condition in Masoniella unrecorded; this condition much more developed in Horaismopterinae and Apetaeninae ).
Distribution: Americas; Palaearctic Region; temperate Australia. Unlike most canacids ( s.l.), these flies are not restricted to coastal habitats.
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