Phthiria Meigen, 1803

Gharali, Babak & Evenhuis, Neal, 2017, 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, Zootaxa 4300 (1), pp. 55-70 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6040670
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scientific name	Phthiria Meigen
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Genus Phthiria Meigen View in CoL View at ENA

Phthiria Meigen, 1803: 268 View in CoL . Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796 View in CoL , by monotypy. Ptimia Rafinesque, 1815: 221 (unjustified emendation of Phthiria Meigen, 1820 View in CoL ). Type species: Bombylius pulicarius Mikan, 1796 View in CoL , 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).