Helina calathocerca, Xue & Wang, 1986

Li, Siyu, Xue, Wanqi, Nihei, Silvio S. & Zhang, Chuntian, 2025, Four new species of Helina Robineau-Desvoidy from far northwestern China (Diptera: Muscidae), Zootaxa 5719 (2), pp. 207-227 : 214

Helina calathocerca -group

Diagnosis. Parafacial always wider than postpedicel; katepisternal setae 2+2; fore tibia without median p; hind tibia with a sub-basal pd; the male cerci invaginated in pre-apical part, the distal margin was usually enlarged, and the maximum width of the posterior view was not more than 1/2 of the basal width of the cerci ( Xue et al. 2012).

Chinese species included in this group (6 species): H. appendifolia Wang & Xue ; H. calathocerca Xue & Wang ; H. densiseta Xue ; H. franzosternita Xue sp. nov.; H. sterniteoacaena Xue , and H. subsetiventris Xue & Zhang ( Xue et al. 2012) .