An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed K.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-17
4711
3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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Key to genera and species of
Psilopini
from the
Saudi Arabia
1. Arista at most with 3-4 dorsal rays; distance between reclinate and larger proclinate fronto-orbital setae greater than between reclinate seta and medial vertical seta; setae generally pale...................
Scoliocephalus monochaeta
Steyskal, 1968
- Arista with at least 5-6 dorsal rays; reclinate and proclinate fronto-orbital setae much closer together than reclinate seta and medial vertical setae; setae generally dark..................................................................2.
2 Vein R
2+3
close to costa beyond end of vein R
1
; crossvein dm-cu with sharp angle at middle.............................................................................................
Clanoneurum cimiciforme
(
Haliday, 1855
)
- Vein R
2+3
well separated from costa; crossvein dm-cu mostly straight or shallowly arched, not angulate.................3.
3. Pedicel conical, broader apically, without dorsoapical lobe, dorsoapical seta weak (at most 1/3 as long as basal flagellomere); basal flagellomere from 2-
4X
as long as high.................................
Ceropsilopa longicornis
(
Lamb, 1912
)
- Pedicel short and subtriangular, with dorsoapical lobe and bearing well-developed dorsoapical spine (at least half as long as basal flagellomere); basal flagellomere at most twice as long as high.............................................4.
4. One strong facial seta; pedicel with dorsoapical spine strong and nearly as long as basal flagellomere; presutural supra-alar seta moderately developed, length smaller than anterior notopleural seta.....................
Psilopa nilotica
(
Becker, 1903
)
- Two strong facial setae; pedicel with dorsoapical spine weak and at most 1/3 as long as basal flagellomere; presutural supra-alar seta well developed, length greater than anterior notopleural seta.................................
Diasemocera
Bezzi