Pterocallini

Belongs within: Ulidiidae.

The Pterocallini are a predominantly Neotropical group of picture-winged flies characterised by features of the terminalia (Kameneva & Korneyev 2010).

Characters (from Kameneva & Korneyev 2010): Body without greenish or bluish sheen; cell cup without long posteroventral lobe; if lobe long and proepisternal seta rudimentary, then face without antennal grooves or keel; male genitalia with phallus bare, ejaculatory apodeme with apical portion at least as long as fanlike portion; female abdominal sternites 4–6 without apodemes.

<==Pterocallini [Pterocallinae]KK10
    |--Pterocalla plumitarsisKK10
    |--Goniaeola foveolataKK10
    |--Terpnomyennis nigraKK10
    |--Bothrometopa determinataKK10
    |--Rhyparella decempunctataKK10
    |--Terpnomyia angustifronsKK10
    |--AciuroidesKK10
    |--Cyrtomostoma gigasKK10
    |--Coscinum clavipesKK10
    |--Dasymetopa [incl. Euxestina]KK10
    |    `--D. lutulentaKK10
    |--Tetrapleura [incl. Micropterocerus]KK10
    |    `--T. pictaKK10
    |--PlagiocephalusKK10
    |    |--P. intermediusKK10
    |    `--P. latifronsKK10
    |--NeomyennisKK10
    |    |--N. cyaneiventrisKK10
    |    `--N. zebraKK10
    |--CymatosusKK10
    |    |--C. bestiferKK10
    |    `--C. icarusKK10
    |--OphthalmopteraKK10
    |    |--O. elegansKK10
    |    `--O. undulataKK10
    |--ParophthalmopteraKK10
    |    |--P. bipunctata [=Ophthalmoptera (Parophthalmoptera) bipunctata]KK10
    |    `--P. piceaKK10
    |--PseudopterocallaKK10
    |    |--P. obscuraKK10
    |    `--P. scutellataKK10
    |--ApterocerinaKK10
    |    |--A. amoenaKK10
    |    `--A. argenteaKK10
    |--ChondrometopumKK10
    |    |--C. arcuatumKK10
    |    |--C. bifenestratumKK10
    |    `--C. leveKK10
    |--Pterocerina [incl. Sympaectria]KK10
    |    |--P. fenestrataKK10
    |    |--P. psidiiKK10
    |    `--P. ruficaudaKK10
    |--ParagorgopsisKK10
    |    |--P. euryaleKK10
    |    |--P. maculata (n. d.)KK10
    |    `--P. malleaKK10
    |--MegalaemyiaKK10
    |    |--M. albostriataKK10
    |    |--M. elsaeKK10
    |    |--M. punctulataKK10
    |    `--M. radiataKK10
    `--XanthacronaKK10
         |--X. bipustulataKK10
         |--X. phyllochaetaKK10
         |--X. tripustulataKK10
         `--X. tuberosaKK10

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[KK10] Kameneva, E. P., & V. A. Korneyev. 2010. Ulidiidae (picture-winged flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 2 pp. 881–902. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.