Systematic study of the genera Phryno Robineau-Desvoidy and Botria Rondani in the Palearctic Region, with discussions of their phylogenetic positions (Diptera, Tachinidae)
Author
Tachi, Takuji
text
Zootaxa
2013
3609
4
361
391
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3609.4.1
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1175-5326
221732
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Botria clarinigra
Chao & Liu, 1998
Botria clarinigra
Chao & Liu
in
Liu & Chao
et al
., 1998: 228.
Lectotype
male (IZCAS, not examined), by fixation of Chao & Liu
in
Liu, Chao & Li (1999: 352).
Type
locality:
China
, Shanxi, Yicheng, Dahe.
Diagnosis.
Male. Face with yellowish gray pruinosity; antenna with scape and pedicel, and legs reddish yellow to yellow; third, fourth and fifith abdominal terga each with thin whitish pruinosity on basal 1/5–2/5. Vertex subequal in width to eye in dorsal view or slightly wider (approximately 0.35 of head width); parafacial subequal in width to first flagellomere at middle point; antenna with first flagellomere approximately four times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 3/4; male postabdomen with surstylus broad in lateral view, nearly straight in dorsal view; cerci rather slender in lateral view.
Remarks.
According to the original description and illustrations, this species appears to be closely related to
B. frontosa
based on one male feature: vertex subequal in width to eye in dorsal view or slightly wider. This species is easily distinguished from
B
.
frontosa
in having a wider surstylus and slender cerci of the male postabdomen in lateral view.