Conicera Meigen, 1830

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 : 113

Genus Conicera Meigen

Updates to the identification literature for the Western Palaearctic species are Mostovski and Disney (2003) and a key to most females of the European species by Buck (2001).

Key to species of Conicera

1. Male claspers of hypopygium tapered ( Figure 4A,B ). Female T6 as Figure 4D ........................................ Conicera dauci (Meigen) Male claspers not tapered but rounded at tips ( Figure 6A ). Female T6 as Figure 6C ................................. Conicera tibialis Schmitz

Figures

Figure 4. Conicera dauci.(A, B) Male claspers (surstyli) of hypopygium, left one from side (A) and right one from above (B). (C) Female, anterior face of hind tibia. (D) Female abdominal tergite 5–6. (E) Female furca (internal vaginal sclerite) with anterior edge to right. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Figure 6. Conicera tibialis. (A) Male, external face of right clasper of hypopygium. (B) Female, vaginal sclerite (furca) with anterior end to right. (C) Female, abdominal tergites 5 and 6. (D) Male, anterior face of mid tibia. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.