Phthiria vaganoides sp. nov. (Bombyliidae, Phthiriinae, Phthiriini) from Northern Iran with the first record of Phthiria fulva Meigen, 1804 reared from a lepidopteran and description of the pupa
Author
Gharali, Babak
Author
Evenhuis, Neal
text
Zootaxa
2017
4300
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55
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journal article
32582
10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.3
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Genus
Phthiria
Meigen
Phthiria
Meigen, 1803
: 268
. Type species:
Bombylius pulicarius
Mikan, 1796
, by monotypy.
Ptimia
Rafinesque, 1815: 221 (unjustified emendation of
Phthiria
Meigen, 1820
). Type species:
Bombylius pulicarius
Mikan, 1796
, automatic.
Diagnosis
.
Phthiria
is the only representative of the subfamily
Phthiriinae
in the Palaearctic Region. This subfamily is closely related to the
Usiinae
but easily separated from it by an apical sulcus bearing a style, presence of dorsal and/or ventral processes on first flagellomere, presence of M2 cell on the wing (four posterior cells) and absence of lateral papillae on the sperm pump (
Evenhuis, 1990
;
Greathead & Evenhuis, 2001
).