<p> <strong> A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV — the continental Afrotropical species of <em> Curtonotum </ em> Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae </ strong> </ p>
Author
Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H.
ashley.kirk-spriggs@nasmus.co.za
Author
Wiegmann, Brian M.
ashley.kirk-spriggs@nasmus.co.za
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-07-09
3684
1
1
166
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3684.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3684.1.1
1175-5326
5298914
E922034E-1247-400B-97F6-1778CF766B91
1.2.4.
Curtonotum platyphallum
species-group
Species included: 3 (Afrotropical).
Synapomorphy: Basiphallus with extensive angulate ventrally expanded and concave process (42).
Tsacas (1977)
included
C
.
platyphallum
Tsacas
(based on the unique damaged
holotype
) in his
cuthbertsoni
species-group.
Curtonotum platyphallum
and the two newly-described species,
C
.
moffatt
sp. n.
and
C
.
marriott
sp. n.
, form a distinct clade, and as attested by the above-mentioned synapomorphy, are here regarded as being sufficiently distinct to warrant inclusion in a species-group of their own.