Puliciphora Dahl, 1897

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 : 207

Genus Puliciphora Dahl

Both sexes of the Palaearctic species are keyed by Disney and Michailovskaya (2001).

Key to species of Puliciphora

1. Flightless females.............................................. 2 Winged males................................................. 3

2. Many hairs between posterior ocelli and outer bristles on vertex with trifid tips ( Figure 79A ). T4–T6 as Figure 79B ............................................................ Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa These hairs simple. T4–T6 as Figure 78A ............................................................ Puliciphora borinquenensis Wheeler

3. Hypopygium as Figure 77B , the tip of hypandrial lobe being smooth....................................... Puliciphora borinquenensis Wheeler Hypopygium as Figure 79C , the tip of hypandrial lobe having papillae...................................... Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa

Figures

Figure 77. Puliciphora borinquenensis male. (A) Right wing. (B) Left face of hypopygium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 78. Puliciphora borinquenensis. (A) Female, abdominal tergites 4–6. (B) Egg. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 79. Puliciphora rufipes. (A) Female, hairs on frons either side of ocellar triangle. (B) Female abdominal tergites 4–6. (C) Left face of male hypopygium. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.