Phora Latreille, 1796

Disney, R. H. L., Prescher, S. & Ashmole, N. P., 2010, Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4), pp. 107-218 : 205

Genus Phora Latreille

The only update to the identification literature for the Western Palaearctic species is by Mostovski (2002).

Key to species of Phora

1. Mid tibia with two anterior bristles in upper two-thirds as well as the dorsal bristles. Base of male hind femur as Figure 76B . Male hypopygium as Figure 76A ............................... Phora cilicrus Schmitz Mid tibia with only one anterior bristle in upper two-thirds. Base of male hind femur as Figure 75E . Male hypopygium as Figure 75A,B,D ...................................................... Phora atra (Meigen)

Figures

Figure 75. Phora males. (A,B) Phora atra left and right faces of hypopygium. (C) Phora limpida left posterolateral lobe of epandrium. (D) Phora atra the same. (E) Phora atra posterior face of base of hind femur. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 76. Phora cilicrus male. (A) Left face of hypopygium. (B) Posterior face of base of hind femur and trochanter. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.