Costal vein chaetotaxy, a neglected character source in Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera: Calyptratae)
Author
Michelsen, Verner
9BD4846E-F4D0-4DB2-A567-FAF0A58B6D98
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
vmichelsen@snm.ku.dk
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2022
2022-06-28
826
94
134
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1839
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1839
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Tribe
Dichaetomyiini
Emden, 1951
This is a relatively small tribe distributed primarily in the tropics of the Old World and
Australia
. Species from four of totally five recognized genera were examined (
Table 1
).
•
Aethiopomyia
Malloch, 1921
,
Alluaudinella
Giglio-Tos, 1895
,
Dichaetomyia
Malloch, 1921
,
Ochromusca
Malloch, 1927
All examined species representing these genera reveal the prevalent muscid state in which vein C is bare dorsally and setulose ventrally (state
A4
):
Aethiopomyia patersoni
Zumpt, 1969
,
A. steini
Curran, 1935
,
Alluaudinella bivittata
(Macquart, 1843)
,
A. phasiaeformis
(Stein, 1906)
,
Dichaetomyia
(18 spp) and
Ochromusca secunda
Pont & Dear, 1976
.