Asymphyloptera Collin, 1933

Asymphyloptera Collin View in CoL

Asymphyloptera Collin, 1933: 323 View in CoL .

Type species: A. discrepans Collin, 1933 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. [adapted from Sinclair (2015)]. Very small size (wing length <2.5 mm); face broad with distinct clypeus; postpedicel globular with long, slender apical extension; mouthparts narrow with palpus elongate and narrowly pointed, appressed to proboscis; unusual wing venation, where R 2+3 is branched and the upper crossvein of cell dm (= base of M 2) is absent; cercus with anterior and posterior lobes (rarely anterior lobe absent); epandrium narrow, with elongated setae apically; surstylus with acute apex (rarely flattened or rounded); phallus straight or arched, mainly membranous apically.

Distribution. In Australasia, this genus is known from Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Philip Island (Norfolk) ( Sinclair 1995). In the New World, this genus is recorded from Chile, Colombia (new record), Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and USA ( Arizona). The genus is also known from Puerto Rico ( Cumming & Sinclair 2009), but the specimens have not been re-located ( Sinclair 2015).