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Plazi
Description (male, holotype ). Head black, frontal vitta brown, ochre brown near lunule. Ocellar triangle brownish black and fronto-orbital plate matt black, antennae black, antennal cavities brownish black, mouth margin ochre yellow, palpi blackish brown. Gena ochre brown, parafacialia blackish brown. Scutum matt black, scutellum paler, blackish brown, shining. Wing smoky brownish, base of wing and vein brown. Knob of halteres white, stem yellowish white basaly. Calypters grey, margin and fringe pale brown. Legs blackish brown, fore and middle knees paler. Abdomen blackish brown, matt. Head ( Figs. 4–5 ). Frons broad, about twice as broad as eye at level of anterior ocellus, slightly tapering towards lunule. Ocellar triangle small, conspicuously protruding above level of frons. Fronto-orbital plate narrow, each about 0.11 width of frons, distinctly visible in front of eye in profile, more prominent at bases of antennae. Parafacialia visible only as a narrow ring below eyes, gena highest in posterior part, reaching 0.36 height of eye. A sharp keel (distinct in profile) developed between antennal cavities. First flagellomere slightly longer than high. Arista short, only 0.55 times as long as eye height, thickly setulose. Epistoma lacking. Two long reclinate ors setae, and 2 ori setae present, both inclinate and slightly reclinate. Orbital setulae sparse, reclinate. One weak vi seta and numerous ge setae present. Scutum with 2+3 dc setae being partly reduced anteriorly, 1 st dc seta slightly longer than acr setulae, 2 nd dc seta only half as long as 5 th dc. Acrostichal setulae in 4 regular rows, rarely reaching to line of 5 th dc, prsc seta only half as long as 5 th dc. One weak ia seta present. All usual setae present: 1 oc, 1 pvt, 1 vte, 1 vti, 1 ppl, 1 hu, 1+1 ntp, 1 mspl, 1 stpl, 1 sa, 1 prs, 1 bs, 1 as. Wing ( Fig. 6 ) 1.72 mm long, costa ending slightly before tip of R 4+5 , relation of costal sections 2–4 as 4.57: 1.39: 1.00, outer cross vein lacking. Legs. Mid tibia without pd setae. Abdomen, 5 th and 6 th tergite equally long. Stridulating mechanism ( Fig. 22 ) consisting of weakly sclerotized scales of rectangular shape, narrowed posteriorly. Male terminalia ( Figs. 20–26 ): epandrium indistinctly broader than high in relation 1.12: 1.00. Surstylus ( Fig. 18 ) with 4 strong spines on inner surface. Cerci ( Figs. 17–18 ) long and narrow, almost as long as height of epandrium, ventrally distinctly turned to epandrium. Phallus ( Figs. 15–16 ) about 0.2 length of phallapodeme, symmetrical, distiphallus very slightly pigmented, with short and narrow distal tubules. Hypandrium ( Fig. 19 ) with slender arms and short and curved hypandrial apodeme. Ejaculatory apodeme ( Figs. 20–21 ) minute, with narrow blade, only 0.45 length of phallus, slightly pigmented. Female. Unknown. Body length 1.59 mm.