Phaonia nymphaearum

Xue, Wan-Qi, Wang, Ming-Fu & Du, Jing, 2006, Study of two species groups of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 1350, pp. 1-19 : 6

Phaonia nymphaearum -group

Diagnosis. Male body black and shiny; frons narrow; lower facial margin not projecting; scutellum black; notopleuron with hairs; basisternum of prosternum bare; pra short, at most shorter than posterior notopleural seta; legs wholly black; mid tibia without pv; hind tibia without apical pv. This group is divided into two sub-groups: P. nymphaearum - subgroup and P. subpullata -subgroup.