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Iteaphila Zetterstedt, 1838 Type species: Iteaphila macquarti Zetterstedt, 1838 (des. Coquillett, 1903: 251). Recognition. Iteaphila is distinguished by the following combination of characters: postpedicel elongate and usually nearly parallel-sided; stylus usually short and quadrate, one-articled with distinct apical sensillum; scutellum with more than 3 pairs of apical setae; male legs unmodified; basal costal seta absent; cell dm usually truncate apically; male terminalia without epandrial lobe; surstylus hook-like (Sinclair & Shamshev 2021). Remarks. Iteaphila is distributed across both the Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions (Sinclair & Shamshev 2012, 2021; Falk 2022).
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