Sarcofahrtiopsis, Hall, 1933

Genus Sarcofahrtiopsis View in CoL

Male with one or two proclinate fronto-orbital setae; notopleuron with subprimary setae reduced (usually entirely absent, occasional specimens with a single small subprimary seta); two katepisternal setae; postalar wall bare; third costal sector of wing bare ventrally; male hind coxa with posterior setulae reduced (usually bare, occasional specimens with one or a few setulae); male ST5 with posterior margin straight or with a shallow concavity; male ST5 with a central patch of setae; phallus with basi- and distiphallus connected by a desclerotized strip; vesical arm-shaped lever very elongated (twice its full length) ventrally; vesical arm-shaped lever with a hammer-shaped apex; distal section of the vesica globose, with small denticles; acrophallus formed of a capitis, lateral styli and a median stylus; juxta hood-shaped, with ventral margin enlarged to form a globose and denticulated hood; spermathecae oval; female without an epiproct.

Subgenus Pacatuba : male mid-femur with a ctenidium of rounded spines (circular cross section); wing vein R 1 bare dorsally; metasternum setulose.

Subgenus Sarcofahrtiopsis : male mid-femur without a ctenidium; wing vein R 1 setulose dorsally; metasternum with reduced setosity*.