The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses
Author
Nihei, Silvio Shigueo
Author
Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De
text
Zootaxa
2009
1976
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185153
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185153
Subgenus
Parapyrellia
Townsend, 1915
Parapyrellia
Townsend, 1915
: 97
(as genus).
Type
species:
Musca violacea
of authors
nec
Fabricius [misidentification, =
Pyrellia maculipennis
Macquart, 1846
].
Diagnosis.
Colouration metallic greenish-blue to violaceous-blue with silver pruinosity; wing with maculae on humeral vein, on apex of Sc and R1, on apex of R2+3 and on r-m and dm-cu crossveins. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital seta undeveloped; parafrons setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Dorsocentrals 2+4, but they can be reduced to 0+
2 in
M. oportuna
(
Albuquerque & Lopes, 1979
)
. Intrapostalar absent. Prosternum bare. Katepisternals 1+2. Proepisternum setulose (bare in
M. humeralis
). Meron bare. Wing with the basal portion of stem-vein setulose ventrally; apical portion of stem-vein setulose dorsally; R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite bare. Male mid femur with a dorsal preapical protuberance bearing a set of modified (hook-like) setulae (
Fig. 17
). Calcar strong.
Distribution
(3 species). Neotropical.
References.
Albuquerque and Lopes (1979)
, de
Carvalho and Couri (2002)
.
Subgenus
Trichomorellia
Stein, 1918
Trichomorellia
Stein, 1918
: 204
(as genus).
Type
species:
Trichomorellia boliviana
Townsend, 1931
[=
Dasymorellia trichops
Malloch, 1923
].
Diagnosis.
Colouration metallic blackish-blue to dark greenish-blue with silver pruinosity; wing usually with maculae on humeral vein and on apex of Sc and R1. Eye densely setulose, particularly the males. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital seta; interfrontal seta absent; frontal vitta bare or densely setulose on upper half. Presutural acrostichals developed; 2 or 3 postsutural pairs. Dorsocentrals 2+4. Posthumeral present; postsutural intra-alars 2; intrapostalar present. Prosternum bare. Katepisternals 1+2. Wing with the basal portion of stemvein setulose ventrally; R4+5 setulose dorsally and usually also ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter glossiform. Subcostal sclerite bare. Male mid femur with a dorsal preapical protuberance bearing a set of modified (hook-like) or non-modified setulae. Calcar strong.
Comments.
For a long time, the name
Dasymorellia
Malloch
was used instead of the earlier
Trichomorel
- lia. This confusion was clarified and the name usage corrected by
Pont et al. (2005)
.
Distribution
(8 species). Neotropical.
References.
Pamplona (1983, as
Dasymorellia
)
, de
Carvalho and Couri (2002, as
Dasymorellia
)
,
Pont et al. (2005)
.