Papaverodinia, a new genus with three new species from the north and northeast of Brazil collected in the canopy (Diptera: Odiniidae)

Papaverodinia gen. nov. (Odiniidae: Traginopinae) is described from Brazil, with three new species, P. chiquinhamum gen. et sp. nov. (type species) (from Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Piauí), P. canalesi gen. et sp. nov. (from Ceará and Maranhão) and P. willkeniae gen. et sp. nov. (from Amazonas). The genus is characterized by a unique combination of diagnostic features: body predominantly brown to black; lunule arched with central black pubescent spot; scutellum with several marginal setulae; posterior intra-alar setae present; male tergite 6 absent; epandrium about 3.5 × as short as high; inner surstylus thin and positioned below the outer surstylus; outer surstylus enormously dilated at the distal end.