Phora

Liu, Guangchun & Wang, Baoliang, 2010, Two new species of Phora Latreille (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, with a key to species, Zootaxa 2359, pp. 35-42 : 40-41

Key to Chinese Phora males

1 Hind tibia with 2–3 anterior bristles on proximal half.................................................................................................. 2

- Hind tibia with 1 anterior bristles on proximal half...................................................................................................... 3

2 Frons narrowed posteriorly, with long hairs in front of stemmaticum, the hairs nearly equal to bristles in length; left surstylus excavated semicircularly on distal portion, with a long, pointed and upwards curved process on poster- oventral corner; mid tibia with 2 anterior bristles on proximal half ................................................ capillosa Schmitz

- Frons parallel-sided, with short hairs, distinctly shorter than bristles; left surstylus with 3-pointed processes on distal margin ........................................................................................................................................... occidentata Malloch

3 Mid-tibia with 2 anterior bristles on proximal half....................................................................................................... 4

- Mid tibia with 1 anterior bristles on proximal half ..................................................................................................... 10

4 Costa rather short, costal index 0.46–0.51.................................................................................................................... 5

- Costa long, costal index 0.54–0.57............................................................................................................................... 7

5 Frons parallel-sided; left surstylus with 3 pointed processes on distal margin; right surstylus spatulate ...................... ....................................................................................................................................................... occidentata Malloch

- Frons narrowed posteriorly, left surstylus without such processes............................................................................... 6

6 Costal cilia very long, 3.8–4.6×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; left surstylus with posterodorsal corner weakly produced and round................................................................................................................................ shirozui Gotoh

- Costal cilia moderately long, 2.3–3.3×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; left surstylus with posterodorsal corner strongly produced distally into long, slender, sharply pointed process ........................................ subconvallium Gotoh

7 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.7–0.8 of that at supra-antennal; left surstylus slender in lateral view........................................................................................................... tattakana Gotoh

- Frons strongly narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.6–0.7 of that at supra-antennal.................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

8 Wing distinctly tinged with brown; left surstylus large and wide, with a sharply pointed projection at posterodorsal corner ...................................................................................................................................................... taiwana Gotoh

- Wing slightly tinged with brown; left surstylus without such a sharply pointed projection at posterodorsal corner... 9

9 Left surstylus proximal 2/3 narrowed and distal 1/3 widened; right surstylus slender, reddish brown; body length 2.4–3.2 mm ..................................................................................................................................... convergens Schmitz

- Left surstylus divided into two parts, the under one small, with a hook distally; right surstylus spatulate; dark brown and slightly reddish; body length 3.5mm ................................................................................ hamulata Liu & Chou

10 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.6–0.8 of that at supra-antennal ..... 11

- Frons nearly parallel-sided, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.9–1.0 of that at supra-antennal...... 15

11 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.77–0.79 of that at supra-antennal. 12

- Frons strongly narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.62–0.67 of that at supraantennal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13

12 Lateral lobe of epandrium with posteroventral corner weakly produced posteriorly and pointed?left process of right hypandrial lobe with posteroventral corner produced to form a flat projection which bears bluntly topped hairs ........ .................................................................................................................................................................. saigusai Goto

- Lateral lobe of epandrium with posteroventral corner rounded and posterodorsal corner produced to form a hooklike process; left process of right hypandrial lobe without such a projection at posteroventral corner........ rostrata sp. nov.

13 First costal sector moderately shorter than second, costal sector index 0.7–0.8 .................................... acerosa Gotoh

- First costal sector slightly shorter than second, costal sector index 0.9 ..................................................................... 14

14 Wing distingctly tinged with brown, right surstylus elongate with posterior margin emarginate in lateral view .......... ............................................................................................................................................................. concava sp. nov.

- Wing hyaline, very slightly tinged with grayish brown, Right surstylus elongate ovate in lateral view ....................... ....................................................................................................................................................furcularis Liu & Wang

15 First costal sector moderately shorter than second, costal sector index 0.8 ......................................... lacunifera Goto

- First costal sector slightly shorter or sometimes longer than second, costal sector index 0.9–1.0............................. 16

16 Wing distinctly tinged with brown; frons remarkably wide, frontal index 0.36, right process of right hypandrial lobe with an inner large flat ridge .............................................................................................................. fenestrata Gotoh

- Wing slightly tinged with brown; frons moderately wide, frontal index 0.24–0.34, right process of right hypandrial lobe without such an large ridge ................................................................................................................................. 17

17 Costa long, costal index 0.53–0.55, left surstylus with a U-shaped notch at ventral 1/3 of posterior marginal portion ............................................................................................................................................................. amplifrons Goto

- Costa rather short, costal index 0.44–0.51, left surstylus without such a U-shaped notch at ventral 1/3 of posterior marginal portion.......................................................................................................................................................... 18

18 Costal cilia long, 4–5×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; right surstylus with posterodorsal corner more or less produced posterodorsally and rounded ................................................................................................ pubipes Schmitz

- Costal cilia short, 1.9–2.4×as long as width of 2nd costal sector............................................................................... 19

19 Costa rather short, costal index 0.44–0.46, lateral lobe of epandrium short, strongly tapered distally, with distal margin weakly rounded ................................................................................................................................. orientis Gotoh

- Costa relatively long, costal index 0.51, lateral lobe of epandrium well developed, roughly rectangular................. 20

20 Right surstylus markedly large, strongly widened distally in lateral view, angulate at posterodorsal corner; epandrial lobe well developed, with distal margin denticulate, right process of right hypandrial lobe slender............................. ....................................................................................................................................................... holosericea Schmitz

- Right surstylus elongate ovate in lateral view; epandrial lobe smooth on outer surface and on distal margin, right process of right hypandrial lobe widened distally ............................................................................. edentata Schmitz