Compsobata Czerny, 1930

Kim, Wonwoong, Weele, Ruud Van Der & Lee, Seunghwan, 2022, New records of Micropezidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) from South Korea, with description of a new species of Rainieria Rondani, Zootaxa 5178 (1), pp. 26-40 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7025195
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scientific name	Compsobata Czerny, 1930
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Genus Compsobata Czerny, 1930 View in CoL View at ENA

Compsobata Czerny, 1930: 5 View in CoL

Neria Robineau View in CoL –Desvoidy, 1830: 736 (unjustified emendation of Nerius Fabricius, 1805 View in CoL )

Type species: Musca cibaria Linnaeus, 1761: 457

Diagnosis. Palearctic Compsobata can be distinguished by the following characteristics:

Overall coloration yellowish brown; palpus extremely short, not reaching the anterior margin of the head; katepisturnum covered with weak, long yellow bristles; wings without any markings, crossvein bm-cu present; middle and hind femora lacking dorsal spines; male S5 with characteristic processes, along with the genital fork; epandrium with surstylus.

Distribution and diversity. This genus is widely distributed in the temperate Holarctic region, and contains 28 valid species. There are 19 species in the Palearctic region, and 9 species in the Nearctic region.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Micropezidae
SubFamily	Calobatinae