Microcerella, , Macquart, 1851

Genus Microcerella View in CoL

Eyes green*; arista plumose in at most basal half; male with rows of frontal setae diverging anteriorly; parafacial plate with strong setae; thorax with metallic grey/ golden stripes (highly contrasting with the blackish background); anepimeron with four strong setae and sparse weak setae; postalar wall bare; third costal sector of wing bare ventrally; male mid-femur without a ctenidium; male hind trochanter with a pad of short setae covering almost the entire posterior surface; male abdominal T5 higher than other abdominal tergites; male abdominal ST5 with a widely V-shaped cleft, with a swelling and a fold along cleft margin, and with or without a rounded or pointed lobe on the anterior half; epandrium orangish or reddish, contrasting with the blackish colour of syntergosternite 7 + 8*; hypandrium swollen at level of pregonite*; cercal prong acute or almost acute; surstylus two to three times longer than wide; phallus with a distinct hinge between basi- and distiphallus; phallus with a sclerotized, rigid and tubular ventral area between basi- and distiphallus; phallus with a paler ventral area between disti- and basiphallus; paler ventral area between disti- and basiphallus flat; vesica bulbous; distiphallus with a hinge between paraphallus and harpes; harpes parallel to the acrophallic structures; acrophallus formed of a capitis, lateral styli and a median stylus; lateral styli tube-shaped and with an outlet; capitis flat and simple; median stylus tube-shaped and with an outlet; juxta campanulated to oval*.