Furcantenna nepalensis

Diagnosis
Three characters are mentioned by Cheng and Thompson (2008) to distinguish Furcantenna Cheng, 2008 from the Neotropical genus Schizoceratomyia Carrera, Lopes & Lane, 1947: scutellum apicomedially sulcate, katepisternum pilose, metasternum developed and pilose. All three characters are found in the species described here. Only one other species of Furcantenna is known (Furcantenna yangi Cheng, 2008). From that species, Furcantenna nepalensis sp. n. differs by the following characters (characters of Furcantenna yangi in parentheses, based on Cheng and Thompson 2008): body colour brownish, without violet shine (black, with violet shine); mesoscutum entirely golden pilose (black and white pilose); katepimeron pilose (bare); tergite 2 with ratio of median length : width of posterior margin approximately as 1:3 (1:6).

Distribution
Collected in the Nepalese Himalaya at an altitude of approximately 1800 meters.