Dacimita David & Hancock 2022, gen. n.

Dacimita David & Hancock, gen. n.

Type species Dacimita curvifasciatus David & Hancock, sp. n.

Diagnosis: Head (Fig. 2) higher than long with single pair of weak frontal setae; ocellar and orbital setae vestigial/ absent. Face concave, fulvous with elongate, black markings; first flagellomere shorter than face, arista shortplumose; postocciput and vertex swollen. Scutum (Fig. 3) elongate, black, microtrichose, with yellow lateral presutural and sublateral postsutural vittae; anepisternal stripe (Fig. 4) broad, reaching postpronotal lobe; chaetotaxy reduced. Wing (Fig. 7) elongate, predominantly hyaline with two transverse bands, cell bm as broad as cell cua, extension of cell cua shorter than main part of cell cua; crossvein r-m placed near midlength of cell dm. Abdomen (Figs. 5, 6) elongate, slightly petiolate, with black transverse bands on tergites 2−5. Epandrium (Figs. 8, 9) sclerotised, with well developed setae, proctiger larger than epandrium; epandrium and surstylus not demarcated; phallus with well developed acrophallus, subapical lobe and preglans lobe present. Oviscape (Fig. 11) broad, setose; eversible membrane broad with semicircular spicules (Fig. 12), taeniae not prominent; aculeus (Figs. 11, 12) as broad as eversible membrane with conical apex and preapical constriction, sternite 8 with prominent lobes. Two spermathecae, convoluted in appearance with bulbous apex.

Etymology: Dacimita is derived from a combination of “ Dacini ” (root word- Dacus) and “imito”, meaning resembling dacines. The genus is considered masculine