Botanophila maculipes

Xue, Wan-Qi & Song, Wen-Hui, 2007, A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1633, pp. 1-38 : 15

9. maculipes -group

( Fig. 14 )

Diagnosis. Distal margin of cercal plate with two submedian processes; these are either long and slender (e.g., B. apodicra ), or shorter and rounded (e.g., B. maculipes ). A narrow median process is generally present or represented by a short pointed process ( B. apiciseta ) or the distal margin of cercal plate is rounded ( B. nigricauda ); this median process appears to be analogous to the subcercal structure present in the bompadrei and cordifrons groups (arising behind the cercal plate, but more examination is needed). In nearly all species of the maculipes group the main proximal part of the cercal plate is wider than long.

The lateral view of the surstylus in some species is wider in proximal half (e.g., B. apodicra , B. kanmiyai ); in others much more slender ( B. triforialis ).

Species included in this group from China are B. apodicra (Feng, 1987) , B. coloriforcipis (Fan in Fan et al., 1984b), B. dichops ( Fan, 1988b) , B. hastata (Deng, Li & Fan in Deng et al.,1990), B. kanmiyai Suwa, 1996 , B. maculipes ( Zetterstedt, 1845) , B. maculipedella ( Suwa, 1974) , B. mediospicula ( Fan, 1988a) , B. midvirgella ( Deng, 1985) , B. nigricauda ( Wei, 1988) , B. nigrigenis ( Suwa, 1974) , B. papilioformis ( Fan & Zheng, 1993) , B. shirozui ( Suwa, 1981) , B. triforialis ( Jin, 1983) , and B. sanctimarci ( Czerny, 1906) .

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 15. 14. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of maculipes - group: B. maculipes (Zetterstedt). After Michael Ackland. 15. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of seneciella - group: B. seneciella (Meade). After Michael Ackland.