Cyrtoides Engel, 1933

Gharali, Babak, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Moghbeli, Sajjad, 2025, Three new species of the genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Iran with the first record of the subgenus Cyrtoides Engel, 1933, Zootaxa 5604 (4), pp. 529-541 : 530-535

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.4.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15226034
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scientific name	Cyrtoides Engel
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Subgenus Cyrtoides Engel

Cyrtoides Engel, 1933: 102 (as Empidideicus View in CoL subgenus). Type species: Empidideicus efflatouni Engel, 1933 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Key to species of the subgenus Cyrtoides worldwide

1- Occiput completely black laterally........................................................................ 2

- Occiput yellow laterally at least in lower par................................................................ 3

2- Mesonotum completely black, prescutellar area completely black ( Iran)............................................................................................ Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) reemeri Gharali & Evenhuis sp. nov.

- Mesonotum predominantly yellow-colored with orangish markings dorsally; prescutellar area completely yellow ( UAE)............................................................. Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) pissinulus Evenhuis, 2009 View in CoL

3- Hind femur with brown spot on medial third ( UAE).............. Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) psephenyps Evenhuis 2009 View in CoL

- Hind femur completely yellow.......................................................................... 4

4- Occiput bicolor laterally, blackish gray in upper, yellow in lower; prescutellar area blackish brown ( Egypt, Israel, Libya)................................................................ Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) efflatouni Engel, 1933 View in CoL

- Occiput completely yellow laterally; prescutellar area yellow ( Iran)..................................................................................... Empidideicus (Cyrtoides) primitus Gharali, Evenhuis & Moghbeli sp. nov.