Borgmeiermyia, : Townsend, 1936

Nihei, Silvio & Toma, Ronaldo, 2010, Taxonomic notes on Borgmeiermyia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae) with the first host record for the genus, ZooKeys 42 (42), pp. 101-110 : 104

Key to species of Borgmeiermyia

1. Median lateral scutellar setae long, at least 2/3 length of posterior lateral scutellar setae ............................................................................................. 2

– Median lateral scutellar setae short, about one-half length of posterior lateral scutellar setae (sometimes slightly longer than one-half) ............................ 3

2. Male cercus and surstylus broad and cercus strongly curved dorsally at mid length in lateral view and with apex rounded (Figure 2) ( Colombia, Peru, Brazil)............................................................................................. peruana

– Male cercus and surstylus less broad (not as above) and cercus slightly curved dorsally in lateral view and with apex truncated ( Brazil, Paraguay) ............... ............................................................................................... paraguayana

3. Vein R 4+5 setulose dorsally between half and the whole distance to r-m crossvein, but not beyond r-m; male with outer rami of flagellomere brown and the inner rami yellow; wing costal margin with a brown continuous macula from apex of Sc to apex of R 2+3 (Figure 5) ( Brazil)........................ brasiliana

– Vein R 4+5 setulose dorsally far beyond r-m crossvein; male with inner and outer rami of flagellomere brown; wing costal margin with a brown macula from apex of Sc to apex of R 2+3 but this macula partially interrupted after apex of R 1 (Figure 7) ( Brazil).............................................................. rozeni