Curtonotum striatifrons, Malloch. As, 1930

Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Wiegmann, Brian M., 2013, <p> <strong> A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV — the continental Afrotropical species of <em> Curtonotum </ em> Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae </ strong> </ p>, Zootaxa 3684 (1), pp. 1-166 : 50

1.2.2. Curtonotum striatifrons species-group

Species included: 3 (Afrotropical).

Synapomorphies: Sternite 6 with pair of divergent medial setae (24), basiphallus only partially fused to phallapodeme (31), distiphallus distinctly recurved (38) and lateral wing of basiphallus forming a distinct basally expanded, but narrow blade (43). Tsacas (1977) recognised a striatifrons species-group, comprising C. herrero Tsacas , C. maculiventris (Enderlein) (as C. tigrinum Séguy ) and C. striatifrons Malloch. As attested by the abovementioned synapomorphies, they are here regarded as being sufficiently distinct to warrant inclusion in a speciesgroup of their own.