Nomenclature and taxonomy of Terarista fujiana (Diptera: Psilidae)
Author
Zhou, Jiale
0000-0002-8901-3187
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8901 - 3187
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
0000-0002-1314-755X
Department of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 - 2704, USA. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1314 - 755 X
Author
Yang, Ding
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193,
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-25
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464
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5168.4.6
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Subgenus
Loxocera
Meigen, 1803
Loxocera
Meigen, 1803: 275
.
Type
species:
Musca aristata
Panzer, 1801
, by monotypy.
Platystyla
Macquart, 1835: 374
.
Type
species:
Loxocera hoffmannseggii
Meigen, 1826
, by monotypy. Synonymized by
Buck & Marshall (2006b: 199)
.
Terarista
Wang, 1999: 268
.
Nomen nudum
.
Terarista
Yang & Wang
in
Wang & Yang, 2003: 563
.
Type
species:
Terarista fujiana
Wang, 1999
, by original designation.
Syn. nov.
Diagnosis.
Loxocera
s. str.
in its current sense can be recognized within
Psilidae
by the following combination of character states: frontal vitta desclerotized, dull and velvety; lunule sclerotized, broadly exposed between antennal base and anterior margin of frons; fore wing with alula glabrous except margin; hind femur with a subapical patch of microtomentum on ventral surface; male sternite 8 broadly exposed and setulose, fused to tergite 6 and epandrium; female tergite 10 and cerci separated. For details on the character states used to define the subgenus see
Buck & Marshall (2006b)
.
Diversity and distribution.
This subgenus currently contains 10 species, 7 of which are distributed in the Palearctic Region, and 3 species occur in the northern part of the Oriental Region.