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 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.185153 0b5ad8cc-9b48-4700-acc5-012d1707f720 1175-5326 185153 Subgenus Dasyphora s.s. Dasyphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 409 (as genus). Type species: Musca agilis Meigen sensu Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [misidentification, = Musca pratorum Meigen, 1826 ]. Diagnosis. Colouration metallic purplish-blue to blackish-blue; wing without maculae. Eye densely setulose. Female with the parafrons entirely setulose or only on upper half. Dorsocentrals 3+4. Prosternum setulose or bare. Wing with basal portion of stem-vein setulose or not dorsally; R1 setulose dorsally and ventrally. First abdominal sternite widely setulose. Distribution (17 species). Oriental and Palaearctic. References. Oriental species: Emden (1965) , Xue and Chao (1998) ; Palaearctic: Hennig (1963b , 1964a ), Peris and Llorente (1963) , Zimin and Elberg (1988) , Xue and Chao (1998) , Gregor et al. (2002) .