Mecynocorpus, Roback, 1954

Genus Mecynocorpus View in CoL

Postalar wall setulose; wing vein R 1 setulose dorsally; male mid-femur with a ctenidium of flattened spines (oval or rectangular cross section); male hind tibia with apical postero-ventral seta well differentiated; male hind trochanter without a postero-median row of spines; male abdominal ST5 cleft with subparallel sides; cercal prong with a backwards bend in the proximal half; cercal prong with spine-like setae on dorsal surface; cercal prong with a proximal hump on dorsal surface; phallus with a distinct hinge between basi- and distiphallus; vesica reduced or not developed; distiphallus not surrounding the acrophallus, styli entirely exposed; acrophallus formed of a capitis, lateral styli and a median stylus; lateral styli fused through a ventro-median bridge proximal to the median stylus; lateral styli collapsed and with no outlet; lateral styli plate-like, with digitate margins or finger-shaped processes; capitis flat and simple; median stylus cone-shaped and noticeably widened*; median stylus with a distinct opening; median stylus straight; juxta partially fused to acrophallic structures; juxta straight; distal margin of juxta with spine-like processes.