The Calliphoridae of Namibia (Diptera: Oestroidea) Kurahashi, Hiromu Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. Zootaxa 2006 2006-09-28 1322 1 1 131 79PS 670621 Robineau-Desvoidy Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 [479,874,527,553] Insecta Calliphoridae Rhyncomya Animalia Diptera 25 26 Arthropoda genus    1. Proepisternum densely haired ..................................................  R. dasyopsBezzi(p. 95)  ­ Proepisternum bare........................................................................................................ 2   2. Presutural acabsent or very indistinct .......................................................................... 3  ­ Presutural acdistinctly developed................................................................................. 4   3. Abdomen wholly metallic green or blue, practically devoid of pruinosity..................... ........................................................................................  R. messoriaVilleneuve(p. 98)  ­ Abdomen partly yellow or reddish (not recorded from Namibia) .................................. ......................................................................................................... R. elegantula­group   4. Abdomen dark, blackish or metallic .............................................. R. buccalis­group...5  ­ Abdomen wholly or partly yellowish brown................................................................. 6   5. Thorax and abdomen metallic green or blue, with white pollinosity of varying density (not recorded from Namibia) .......................................................  R. buccalisVilleneuve  ­ Thorax and abdomen metallic dark bronze (not recorded from Namibia)...................... .............................................................................................................  R. curraniZumpt   6. Mid tibia with 2–4 ad.................................................................................................... 7  ­ Mid tibia with a single ad............................................................................................ 13   7. Palpus entirely yellowish .............................................................................................. 8  ­ Palpus blackish apically .............................................................................................. 12   8. Lower calypter ellipsoid, longer than broad; body 6.0–9.0 mm in length ...................... ........................................................................................  R. minutalisVilleneuve(p. 98)  ­ Lower calypter lobulate, about as long as broad, or broader than long ........................ 9   9. Anepisternum clothed with black hairs at least on upper half, lower part with pale hairs (not recorded from Namibia) ............................................  R. maculata(Macquart)  ­ Anepisternum entirely clothed in pale hairs, sometimes with several black hairs on upper extremity ........................................................................................................... 10   10. Parafacial entirely or largely blackish setulose; ♂head sub­holoptic ......................... 11  ­ Parafacial blackish setulose only on upper extremity; ♂head holoptic.......................... .......................................................................................  R. interclusaVilleneuve(p. 98)   11. Parafacial and genal dilation without glossy black spot ................................................. ......................................................................................  R. discrepansVilleneuve(p. 95)  ­ Parafacial and/or genal dilation with more or less distinct glossy spot (not recorded from Namibia) ..................................................................................  R. paradoxaZumpt   12. Abdomen predominantly metallic green, the ground colour of tergites 3–4 reddish brown laterally and ventrally; pedicel reddish; parafacial with dense black setulae (not recorded from Namibia) ........................................................................  R. formosaPeris  ­ Abdomen predominately yellowish, with brown to blackish pattern; pedicel and 1 stflagellomere black, sometimes fuscous brown; parafacial without black setulae........... ....................................................................................................  R. hesseiZumpt(p. 97)   13. Parafacial distinctly and mostly black setulose, rarely black setulae very sparse....... 14  ­ Parafacial bare, or with only sparse and extremely fine, whitish hairs....................... 15   14. Thorax and dark pattern of abdomen metallic green; stem vein with white hairs .......... ..........................................................................................  R. bicolor(Macquart)(p. 94)  ­ Thorax and dark pattern of abdomen dull cupreous, sometimes with dull greenish reflection; stem vein with black hairs ............................  R. peraequaVilleneuve(p. 99)   15. Fronto­orbital plate in ♂with long pilosity in addition to ori, in ♀with dark piliferous spots ......................................................................................  R. soyauxiKarsch(p. 100)  ­ Fronto­orbital plate in ♂without additional pilosity, in ♀without dark piliferous spots ..................................................................................................................................... 16   16. 5 thsternite of ♂normal, without spines or protuberances ........................................... 17  ­ 5 thsternite of ♂modified, with prominences or spines ............................................... 20   17. Arista distinctly pubescent; abdomen orange­yellow, with lateral spot on tergites 3–4, sometimes on 5 thtergite in ♀( Fig. 12), only on 3 rdtergite in ♂...................................... ...................................................................................................  R. tristisSéguy(p. 104)  ­ Arista virtually bare, longest hairs barely attaining half diameter of basal arista; abdomen with marginal bands, without lateral spot ........................................................... 18   18. Thorax black, covered with dense bluish white pruinosity, apex of scutellum yellow... ......................................................................................  R. pruinosaVilleneuve(p. 100)  ­ Thorax metallic green or cupreous, apex of scutellum not pale.................................. 19   19. Body length exceeding 9 mm; thorax metallic green and cupreous, with dense bluish pruinosity .............................................................................................R. ioPeris (p. 98)  ­ Body less than 6 mm; thorax metallic green or coppery, with white, moderately dense pruinosity ...................................................................................  R. zumptiPeris(p. 105)   20. 5 thsternite of ♂strikingly enlarged, lying opposite tergite 3–5, with pair of forceps­like protruding processes; 5 thtergite of ♀ventrally with margins widely separated from each other, so that 5 thsternite is broadly uncovered ( Fig. 13)......................................... ........................................................................................  R. forcipataVilleneuve(p. 95)  ­ 5 thsternite of ♂of normal size and lying opposite 5 thtergite; ♀5 thtergite ventrally broader leaving the corresponding sternite not so markedly uncovered..................... 21   21. 5 thsternite of ♂projecting into two erect, coniform protuberances; 1 stflagellomere entirely orange­yellow .........................................................  R. cassotis(Walker)(p. 95)  ­ 5 thsternite of ♂equipped with 3–4 spines at base of each lateral lobe; 1 stflagellomere largely fuscous brown apically; legs wholly blackish, except for brownish mid tibia; 5 thsternite glossy black basally, broadly yellowish along posterior margin in ♀( Fig. 14) ..................................................................................  R. trispinaVilleneuve(p. 102)