Gymnomyzini, Latreille, 1829

Dawah, Hassan A., Ahmad, Syed K., Abdullah, Mohammed A. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 401-445 : 422

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scientific name

Gymnomyzini
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Key to genera and subgenera of Gymnomyzini from the Saudi Arabia

1. Anterior and posterior notopleural setae present ( Athyroglossa Loew View in CoL )...........................................2.

- Anterior notopleural seta lacking.........................................................................3.

2. Mesonotal setulae in regular rows; fore femur without posteroventral, spinelike setulae; aristal rays relatively short, length of longest rays about 1/2 or less width of 1st flagellomere (subgenus Parathyroglossa Hendel View in CoL ).................................................................................................. Athyroglossa ordinata Becker, 1896 View in CoL

- Mesonotal setulae in irregular rows; forefemur bearing 3–7, short, posteroventral, spinelike setulae; aristal rays relatively long, length of longest rays equal or greater than half width of 1st flagellomere (Subgenus Athyroglossa Loew View in CoL )....................................................................................... Athyroglossa argyrata Hendel, 1931 View in CoL

3. Face appearing spotted, pitted and pits with silvery gray microtomentum; anterior surface of midfemur rounded, bare of microtomentum, shiny; fore femur with posteroventral margin produced ventrally to a pointed ridge bearing setae............................................................................ Chlorichaeta orba Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 1993 View in CoL

- Face microsculptured but either bare or microtomentum in vertical stripes, unspotted; mid femur with anterior surface flat, densely microtomentose, microtomentum silvery white; fore femur bearing row of stout setae along apical half of posteroventral margin, these not arising from a pointed ridge................................... Mosillus beckeri ( Cresson, 1925) View in CoL

Becker, T. (1896) Dipterologische Studien IV. Ephydridae. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 41, 91 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 48018960505

Cresson, E. T. (1925) Studies in the dipterous family Ephydridae, excluding the North and South American faunas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51, 227 - 258.

Hendel, F. (1931) Neue aegyptische Dipteren aus der Gruppe der acalyptraten Musciden, gesammelt van Prof. Efflatoun Bey. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, New Series, 15, 59 - 73.

Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (1993) Revision of the shore-fly genus Chlorichaeta Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 136 (1), 55 - 70.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ephydridae

SubFamily

Gymnomyzinae

Tribe

Gymnomyzini