Boettcheria, Parker, 1914

Genus Boettcheria View in CoL

Arista plumose in at most basal half; six or more frontal setae below dorsal limit of lunule*; 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 setulose ventrally; male mid-femur without a ctenidium; male hind trochanter with a postero-ventral brush-like clump of short, stubby setae distally*; male abdominal T5 higher than other abdominal tergites; male abdominal ST5 with a widely V-shaped cleft, with a swelling and fold along cleft margin, and with a rounded or pointed lobe on the anterior half; syntergosternite 7 + 8 blackish; 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; vesica convoluted*; 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 squared with proximal corners slightly elongated*.