Siphunculina Rondani, 1856

Liu, Xiao-Yan, Nartshuk, Emilia P. & Yang, Ding, 2017, Three new species and one new record of the genus Siphunculina from China (Diptera, Chloropidae), ZooKeys 687, pp. 73-88 : 74

Genus Siphunculina Rondani, 1856

Siphunculina Rondani, 1856: 128. Type species: Siphunculina brevinervis Rondani, 1856 (= Siphonella aenea Macquart, 1835), by original designation.

Microneurum Becker, 1903: 152. Type species: Microneurum maculifrons Becker, 1903 (= Oscinis ornatifrons Loew, 1858), by monotypy.

Liomicroneurum Enderlein, 1911: 230. Type species: Siphonella funicola de Meijere, 1905, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Head with vibrissal angle more or less distinctly produced beyond eye; face with deeply concave antennal foveae and a distinct median carina reaching epistoma; cephalic setae and setulae generally short; wing with veins R1 and R2+3 extremely closed on basal portion, vein R2+3 very short, length of 2nd costal sector extremely shorter than the 3rd sector; femoral and tibial organs absent ( Kanmiya 1983, 1994).

Distribution.

Widespread world-wide distribution, see Nartshuk (2012). China: Beijing, Zhejiang, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Taiwan.

Key to species of Siphunculina from China