Atherigoninae Fan, 1965

Michelsen, Verner, 2022, Costal vein chaetotaxy, a neglected character source in Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera: Calyptratae), European Journal of Taxonomy 826, pp. 94-134 : 115

Subfamily Atherigoninae Fan, 1965

This subfamily includes only one large genus of morphologically deviant Muscidae . It is obviously monophyletic, but its relationships remain uncertain.

• Atherigona Rondani, 1856 ( Fig. 11A–B )

A total of 20+ named and unidentified species of Atherigona from the Old World tropics and Mediterranean subregion were examined. They invariably share state A0, in which vein C is wholly bare ventrally behind the lower anterior row of alternating spinules and setulae, as exemplified by A. orientalis Schiner, 1868 ( Fig. 11A–B ).

Figures

Fig. 11. Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1868, ♀. A. Wing, ventral view. B. Detail of wing showing CS1‒3, ventral view.