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Phasia varicolor Sun & Marshall 2003

Description

3.7. The Phasia varicolor species­group

The Phasia varicolor species­group includes the species previously placed in Besserioides (sensu Crosskey 1973, 1976), Bogosiella (sensu Crosskey 1984). Alophorophasia Townsend (sensu Crosskey 1976), Efftayloria Malloch (sensu Crosskey 1973), Bogosiella Villeneuve, Heyneophasia Townsend, Xanthotrichius Townsend, Xiphophasia Townsend, Trichophasia Townsend and Androeuryops Beneway. The Neotropical species, the species of Alophorophasia Townsend (sensu Crosskey 1976) and Efftayloria Malloch (sensu Crosskey 1973) are excluded from the current revision.

Diagnosis: Frons wider than ocellus; fronto­orbital plate bare or with 1­2 rows of hairs laterally; dorsal facets of eyes same size as ventral facets; inner margins of eyes usually parallel or nearly so. Parafacial bare; lower margin of face usually projecting; oral opening short. Thorax black or brown, pruinose or not. Scutellum black, with two pairs of marginal setae. Abdomen subovate or slender.

Notes

Published as part of Sun, Xuekui & Marshall, Stephen A., 2003, Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 1-320 in Zootaxa 276 (1) on page 191, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.276.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5019510

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Biodiversity

Family
Tachinidae
Genus
Phasia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sun & Marshall
Species
varicolor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phasia varicolor Sun, 2003 sec. Sun & Marshall, 2003

References

  • Crosskey, R. W. (1973) A conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of Australia, including keys to the supraspecific taxa and taxonomic and host catalogues. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology Supplement, 21, 1 - 221.
  • Crosskey, R. W. (1976) A taxonomic conspectus of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Oriental region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Supplement, 26, 1 - 357.
  • Crosskey, R. W. (1984) Annotated keys to the genera of Tachinidae (Diptera) found in tropical and southern Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 26, 189 - 337.