Cordyla? inflata (Meunier, 1916), comb. nov. Exechia inflata Meunier, 1916: 482. Type material. Holotype male GPIG BST02538 (G653), (Königsberg collection). Diagnosis. Medial and cubital veins abbreviated; cerci as long as gonocoxites, tapering; gonostylus longer than gonocoxites, with two long thin branches, dorsal branch has a small bulge in the middle with a few short stout spines. Comment. The species has reduced antennae with 12 short flagellomeres, anepisternum with fine setae, katepisternum rounded ventrally, gonostylus with two extended branches, and gonocoxites with deep ventral incision. However, all medial and cubital veins do not reach wing margin, palpus short, with palpomeres not modified, first coxa not expanded. The species does not quite fit diagnoses either of Cordyla or Neallodia; perhaps it constitutes a new genus. We classify it provisionally as Cordyla until a comprehensive revision of the group is completed.
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