Botanophila latifrons

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 : 5

1. latifrons -group

( Fig. 6 )

Diagnosis. Cercal plate produced into a long and narrow robust process which reaches or surpasses apices of surstyli; either with a pair of median setae (e.g., B. latifrons , B. turcica ) or bare. Surstylus long and slender in caudal view.

Species included in this group from China are B. cercocerata ( Deng, 1985) , B. latifrons ( Zetterstedt, 1845) , and B. tridigitata Fan & Chen in Fan et al., 1984a.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 7. 6. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of latifrons - group: B. latifrons (Zetterstedt). After Michael Ackland. 7. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of varicolor - group: B. varicolor (Meigen). After Michael Ackland.