Review of genera of Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) from China, with new records, synonyms, and notes on distribution
Author
Li, Zhu
Author
Yang, Ding
Author
Murphy, William L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-13
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.3
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4.
Pteromicra
Lioy, 1864
(
Fig. 67
)
Pteromicra
Lioy, 1864: 1012
.
Type
species
:
Sciomyza glabricula
Fallén, 1820
(monotypy).
Dichrochira
Hendel, 1901: 199
.
Type
species
:
Sciomyza glabricula
Fallén, 1820
(by designation of
Steyskal, 1965
).
Diagnosis
. Small species with dark brown to shining black or black and yellow body. Anterior orbital seta often short or missing, gena narrow. Frons entirely shining. Propleural seta rather weak but distinct. Wing hyaline, narrowed in some species. For additional details see
Rozkošný (1987)
.
Remarks
. Of the 18 known species, 6 are Palearctic, and only 1 of them,
Pteromicra leucodactyla
(Hendel, 1913)
[=
Hendel, 1913b
], is known from the Oriental Region; it also is the only species of
Pteromicra
recorded from
China
(
Knutson 1977
). The
type
locality of
P. leucodactyla
is
Taiwan
. We did not find any additional specimens of
Pteromicra leucodactyla
during our study.