An overview of the Ephydridae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia
Author
Dawah, Hassan A.
Author
Ahmad, Syed K.
Author
Abdullah, Mohammed A.
Author
Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-17
4711
3
401
445
journal article
24562
10.11646/zootaxa.4711.3.1
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1175-5326
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Key to tribes of
Ephydrinae Zetterstedt
from the
Saudi Arabia
1. Medial facial area and lower facial margin without setae; facial setae inserted in more or less vertical series, parallel with parafacial. Subcranial cavity small to large..................................................................... 2
- Medial facial area and lower facial margin setose, the latter often with long setae; insertions of facial series of setae convergent above. Subcranial cavity large and cavernous............................................................... 3
2. Presutural or sutural dorsocentral seta inconspicuous or absent......
Dagini Mathis
(
Brachydeutera longipes
Hendel, 1913
)
- Presutural or sutural dorsocentral seta present, conspicuous...............
Parydrini Wirth & Stone
(genus
Parydra
Loew
)
3. Postsutural dorsocentral setae 3–4, anterior 3 pairs sometimes very short and weak. Disc of proepisternum with few to many fine setulae............................................
Ephydrini Zetterstedt
(
Ephydra flavipes
(
Macquart, 1843
))
- Postsutural dorsocentral setae 2, both equally strong. Disc of proepisternum usually bare, sometimes with a few fine setulae............................................................
Scatellini Wirth & Stone
(genus
Scatophila
Becker
)