Archive image from page 36 of Diptera Brachycera (1920) Diptera Brachycera dipterabrachycer01brune Year: 1920 MONACAXTnOilYIA. 23 Genus MONACANTHOMYIA, Bnai. Monacanthomijia, Bruiietti, Rec. Ind. Mas. vii, p. 448 (1912). Genotype, 2Ionacanthomi/ia annanJcdei, Brun. Allied to Fachygaster, Mft-., from Avhich it differs by the for- mation of the scutellum, wliicli is produced upwards so as to form a very large conical base, from which it is continued upwards in the form ot:' a long strong spine with blunted tip. It differs from the alhed Acraspidea, Brauer, by the iird autennal joint being l
Archive image from page 36 of Diptera Brachycera (1920) Diptera Brachycera dipterabrachycer01brune Year: 1920 MONACAXTnOilYIA. 23 Genus MONACANTHOMYIA, Bnai. Monacanthomijia, Bruiietti, Rec. Ind. Mas. vii, p. 448 (1912). Genotype, 2Ionacanthomi/ia annanJcdei, Brun. Allied to Fachygaster, Mft-., from Avhich it differs by the for- mation of the scutellum, wliicli is produced upwards so as to form a very large conical base, from which it is continued upwards in the form ot:' a long strong spine with blunted tip. It differs from the alhed Acraspidea, Brauer, by the iird autennal joint being large and round instead of fili- form and longer than the bend. The type- x,_Monacanthomyia species IS the only one known. avnandaUu Brim., Range. India. scutellum in profile. 4. Monacanthomyia annandalei, Brun. Monacanthomyia annandalei, Bnmetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 448 (1912). c?. Head with A'ertex triangular, elevated, the three ocelli distinct, reddish ; frons between one-fourth and one-fifth width of head, nearly linear, shining black, with (seen from above) two small, nearly contiguous, oval, silvery-grey-dusted spots a little above the antennsB ; eyes with very small uniform facets ; face shining black, lower eve-orbits silver-dusted ; back of head black- ish, lower posterior eye-orbits with silvery reflections and a few very short snow-white hairs. Proboscis short, narrowed at base, pointed at tip, yellow, microscopically pubescent. Antennae yellow ; third joint very large, round, with a rather long apical thickened bristle. shining black, with microscopic grey hairs, which on the dorsum are intermixed with (or possibly wholly replaced by) yellow liairs, all microscopic. Scutellum shining black, with microscopic whitish and a few yellow liairs. Abdomen shining black, with microscopic snow-white hairs; venter similar; genitalia very minute. Legs with basal half of coxae and a broad band occupying nearly all the femora, except base and tips, black or blackish br
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