The species possesses several unique autapomorphies, including an additional crossvein between R4+5 and M1, and a sclerotized connection between sternite 1 and the metaepimeron, which are unknown otherwise within Diptera (Doczkal and Pape 2009).
From original description (Doczkal and Pape 2009).
Type species. Lyneborgimyia magnifica sp.n.
Etymology. A composite word formed from the personal name Lyneborg in the genitive and the Greek word Myia (feminine) meaning fly. The genus is named in recognition of the substantial contributions to dipterology made by Leif Lyneborg (1932–2006). His last major project, which has remained unfinished, was a monograph on African Eumerus.
Diagnosis. Distinct from all other known Syrphidae by the presence of at least the following four unique autapomorphies: an additional, complete cross-vein between R4+5 and M1; trochanteral process of the mesocoxite (coxal prong) shortened; posteroventral part of epimeron not sunk, together with anterior part of katatergite forming a unified flat surface; anterior corners of sternite 1 broadly fused with the metaepimeron. Differing from all other Eumerini by the following two character states: katepisternum completely without setae; hamus missing. [The ‘hamus’ is a hook-like paired structure attached to the base of the phallus and the interior wall of the hypandrium (Doczkal, 1996), and a characteristic feature of the male terminalia of Eumerini.]
Lyneborgimyia Doczkal and Pape, 2009.
Doczkal, D. and Pape, T. (2009). Lyneborgimyia magnifica gen. et sp.n. (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Tanzania, with a phylogenetic analysis of the Eumerini using new morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 34, 559-573.
(Doczkal and Pape 2009) studied the placement of Lyneborgimyia using adult morphological characters. In the analysis with unweighted characters, Lyneborgimyia was placed as sister group of Platynochaetus, and both genera as sister group of Merodon.
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