Abstract
A new genus, Sinogodavariagen. nov., with two new species, S. multiformissp. nov. and S. tenebrosasp. nov., is described from China. It belongs phylogenetically to the Hypocera group of genera. The species Latiborophaga bathmis Liu is transferred to the new genus. A key to species of the new genus is presented.
Highlights
In the course of an ongoing study of Chinese scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae), a series of specimens show an interesting set of characters
The male is similar to Godavaria Brown, 1992 and Chaetogodavaria Liu, 1996
The new species is distinguished from S. multiformis by the uniform color, the shape of the female abdominal tergites, and the long hockey-stick-shaped process at the fronto-venter of the hypandrium
Summary
In the course of an ongoing study of Chinese scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae), a series of specimens show an interesting set of characters. The male is similar to Godavaria Brown, 1992 and Chaetogodavaria Liu, 1996. The wing of the female has a thickened costa like that in the genus Latiborophaga Brown, 1992. They could not be assigned to any known genus based on a combination of characters. A new genus with two new species is proposed. Based on the spinuli of the hypandrium and on the reduced lumen of the hind coxa (Brown et al 2015). The species Latiborophaga bathmis Liu is transferred to the new genus. Keys to genera based on both males and females (Disney 1994) are modified, and a key to species of the new genus is presented
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