Metatrichia
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.187576 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBBA3D3A-73EE-457F-BD75-66D18BB3E7BC |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6213072 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6779878A-8C14-FFA8-FF30-FF563AECFD94 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Metatrichia |
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Key to extant species of Metatrichia View in CoL from the New World
1. Legs tan-brown; abdomen generally tan coloured with posterior margins of tergites 1–7 cream-coloured; abdomen without scale-like setae; notopleural region of pleura cream; knob of haltere cream; wings of female hyaline............ .............................................................................................................................................. M. venezuelensis sp. nov.
- Legs very dark brown to black; abdomen black, sometimes with reddish-yellow colour laterally; abdomen with scale-like setae laterally; notopleural region of pleura black; knob of haltere whitish yellow to brown; wings of female with brownish infuscation ................................................................................................................................ 2
2. Body uniformly black, sometimes end of abdomen vaguely brownish in females; knob of haltere primarily brown; widespread in United States to northern Mexico............................................................... M. bulbosa (Osten Sacken) View in CoL
- Body largely black, but male abdomen (female unknown) with lateral margins of tergites 3–6 and entire tergite 7 reddish yellow; knob of haltere whitish yellow; known with certainty only from Paraguay......... M. robusta Kröber View in CoL
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