Mberu Capellari & Amorim 2011

Mberu Capellari & Amorim Mberu Capellari & Amorim, 2011: 39. Type species: Mberu pepocatu Capellari & Amorim, 2011: 40 (original designation). Diagnosis. Male. Antennal postpedicel triangular, with acute apex, arista-like stylus dorsally inserted (Figs 1C, 5C, 20C). Posterior slope of mesonotum distinctly flattened; acr s biseriate, six pairs of dc s (three posteriormost conspicuously larger). Wing membrane hyaline (Figs 4F, 6F) or sometimes with conspicuous modifications of the venation (some species of pepocatu group) (Figs 3F, 5G, 7D), veins R 4+5 and M 1 beyond dm-m parallel (Fig. 6F) or converging at wing apex (Figs 3F, 4F, 5G); distance between R 4+5 and M 1 at costal section between R 4+5 and M 1 shorter than half-length of crossvein dm-m (Figs 3F, 4F, 5G, 6F, 7D); M 1 ending anterior of wing apex (Figs 1F, 3F, 4F, 5G, 6F, 7D). Legs sometimes with conspicuous modified rows of setae (MSSC) (Figs 3E, 4C, D, 5D, 6D, 16D, 18C, E); tarsus I with ventral surface entirely bare (MSSC) (Fig. 5F). Female. Similar to male, except for MSSCs and as noted: Wing membrane hyaline or sometimes with conspicuous modifications of the venation (some species of pepocatu group, but less pronounced than in males) (Figs 3G, 5H, 6G). Oviscapt telescoping into proximal segments, acanthophorites (tergites 9+10) flattened, prolonged and fused with cercus, dorsally divided in two disconnected hemitergites, and with apical spines (Capellari & Amorim 2011, figs 8, 9; Fig. 22B–D).