First record of Bombylisoma Rondani (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from China and an identification key to the Chinese genera of Bombyliinae
Author
Yao, Gang
Author
Evenhuis, Neal L.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4137
2
281
285
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.9
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Key to genera of
Bombyliinae
from
China
1. Wing with discal cell broadest apically, crossvein m-m meets m-cua at an obtuse angle; radial sector broad with costa tending to bulge forwards near apex of wing ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
-. Wing with discal cell broadest near middle, crossvein m-m meets m-cua at not much more than a right angle; radial sector not enlarged with costa more or less straight along fore margin of wing................................................................................................ 3
2. Antennal scape greatly swollen; mid-tibial spur present; vein R1-R2+3 present in some species (2 or 3 submarginal cells) (
Fig. 5
); abdomen elongate ovate; body hairs long
..........................................................................................................
Conophorus
Meigen
-. Antennal scape at most only moderately swollen; mid-tibial spur absent; vein R1-R2+3 absent (2 submarginal cells) (
Fig. 8
); abdomen elongate ovate or short and broad; body hairs short.
........................................................................................
Tovlinius
Zaitzev
3. Head usually as broad as thorax; hind-margin of eyes indented; wings often small, narrowed at base with at least alula reduced; hind femora often without macrochaetae; body usually more elongate even narrow conical or cylindrical, macrochaetae usually weak often hair-like especially those posterior to the wings............................................................................................................. 4
-. Head usually distinctly narrower than thorax; eyes not indented on the hind-margin; wings usually large, broad at base with anal lobe, alula and squama well-developed; hind femora always with well-developed macrochaetae on underside; body always broad, macrochaetae usually well-developed ...............................................................................................................................................5
4. Cell r5 closed and with penultimate segment of R5 as long as apical segment(
Fig. 1
), cell br only as long as bm; Pulvilli present; body hair long and dense, often coarse and with abundant macrochaetae ..............................................
Anastoechus
Osten Sacken
-. Cell r5 open (
Fig. 9
), Pulvilli well-developed; male terminalia with gonocoxite without prominent crest; parameral sheath, bear-
ing paired horn-like outgrowths ......................................................................................................................
Bombylisoma
Rondani
5. Cell br (first basal) longer than cell bm (second basal), r-m sometimes equal to m-m; vestiture various, often with black hair and/ or scale patches; wing pattern various, sometimes with a clear-cut dark infuscation and/or with isolated dark spots (
Fig. 3
) ........ 6
-. Cell br equal in length to bm; r-m usually much shorter than m-m, occasionally almost as long (
Fig. 7
); vestiture fine and silky with a clipped appearance at least on occiput and thorax, hair white to straw-yellow or brown shading to paler on underside; wing infuscation, if present, diffuse and darker along fore border.
...................................................................................
Systoechus
Loew
6. Small size (less than
10mm
); wing completely infuscated (
Fig. 6
) ....................................................................
Euchariomyia
Bigot
-. Large size (usually over
10mm
); wing with some hyaline parts.......................................................................................................7
7. Scape at least
3 x
length of pedicel; small, relatively slender flies with relatively long, slender legs; alula long and narrow, squama reduced; vestiture usually predominantly black, hair long and tufted, usually with metallic or opalescent scales in spots on frons and often on thorax and abdomen
......................................................................................................
Bombylella
Greathead
-. Scape at most
3 x
length of pedicel; more robust and compact flies with shorter, less slender legs; alula broad, squama not reduced; vestiture often pale yellow to brown, if black without spots of metallic or opalescent scales ........................................... 8
8. Scape about twice length of pedicel; upper facets of eyes of males not enlarged; face short and with short sparse hair only; wing base black, remainder hyaline or tinged yellowish (
Fig. 2
); hair short and with a clipped appearance usually with abundant black elements contrasting with areas of white, orange or grey................................................................................
Bombomyia
Greathead
-. Scape more than twice length of pedicel; upper facets of eyes of males enlarged; face long, prominent and with long hair; wing pattern, if present, basicostal often diffuse and sometimes with isolated spots, wing rarely completely infuscated (
Fig. 4
); hair usually long, sometimes tufted and rarely with a clipped appearance, usually predominantly white to yellow or brown with few black elements, if predominantly black then without a contrasting pattern of pale hair
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Bombylius
Linnaeus