Togoda Melichar 1906

Genus Togoda Melichar, 1906 Togoda Melichar, 1906: 233. TYPE SPECIES. — Togoda africana Melichar, 1906, by monotypy. DISTRIBUTION. — Tropical Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Central African Republic, South African Republic, Mozambique, Tanzania: Zanzibar Island) and Madagascar (Fig. 11). COMPOSITION. — Five species. DIAGNOSIS. — Coryphe transverse. Metope long and wide, nearly parallel-sided (in dorsal and frontal views), protruding in shape of wide proboscis (in lateral view). Coryphe and metope joint at obtuse angle in lateral view. Postclypeus large, with median carina. Metopoclypeal suture straight. Scapus short, cylindrical. Pedicel 4-5 times longer than scapus, elongate, twice as long as wide, slightly convex dorsally, covered with setae and sensory organs (Fig. 1D). Ocelli absent. Rostrum long, narrow, reaching hind coxae or slightly surpassing them; third segment slightly longer than second one, narrowing and bent apically (Fig. 7B). Pronotum large, with distinct lateral carinae diverging posteriorly, wide paradiscal fields behind the eyes and wide paranotal lobes; posterior margin strongly concave. Median part of pronotum hanging over coryphe. Mesonotum 1.5 times as long as pronotum, without carinae. Forewing with loop-shaped process of precostal margin basally and with semicircular lobe on wing margin behind claw-shaped apex of clavus, both with marginal setae (Figs 1; 2). Marginal cell below the semicircular lobe distinctly concave. Tegulae large. Fore wings without hypocostal plate, but with narrow precostal field, with transverse veins and with a wide subcostal field in its basal fifth; clavus open. Hind wings well developed, slightly shorter than fore wings (Fig. 7A). Hind tibia with two large lateral spines on the apical half and one small lateral spine on the proximal half. First and second metatarsomeres nearly equal in length, with dense long hair-shaped setae ventrally. Second metatarsomere with only two latero-apical spines. Pygofer with widely and slightly concave lower margin (Fig. 9J). Penis strongly curved in lateral view. Apical part of aedeagus weakly sclerotized and apparently sometimes swollen. Styles massive, fused at its basal halves (Fig. 9I), with short capitulum, without neck and with a strong comb on the margin below capitulum. Finger-shaped process of the style large, curved and turned posteriorly and ventrally. Abdominal sternite III large, with triangularly protruding hind margin overhanging above other sternites (Figs 4B, D; 5B, D). Female sternite VII with weakly convex medially hind margin. Gonoplacs large, triangular-shaped, flat, with large marginal teeth (Fig. 3C, D).