Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898

Liu, Guangchun & Chu, Mengying, 2016, First record of the scuttle fly genus Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, with description of a new species, Zoological Systematics 41 (1), pp. 117-121 : 117-119

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201609

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:28A54130-1396-4533-B363-76BE01EB3E2E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458769

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scientific name

Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898
status

 

Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898 View in CoL View at ENA

Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898: 428 View in CoL . Type species: C. dorsalis Wandolleck, by monotypy.

Epichonocephalus Schmitz, 1928: 104 View in CoL ; synonymized by Disney, 2002: 4. Type species: E. transversalis Schmitz. View in CoL

Description. Male. Frons with median furrow, most frontal bristles not differentiated. Ocelli present. Arista present and articulated with postpedicel. Mesopleuron divided, with one to three small hairs near posterior margin. Tibiae without dorsal longitudinal hair palisades and pre-apical isolated bristles. Wings with costa clearly exceeding half wing length, vein R 2+3 lack, base of vein M 1 missing, without axillary bristles and small hair at base of Rs. Hypopygium with short anal tube and at least one gonopod.

Female. Ocelli, wings and halters absent. Tibiae lack dorsal longitudinal hair palisades and pre-apical isolated bristles. Abdomen with well developed tergites I–VI. Sternites 8 and 9 internal, and the single spermatheca lightly sclerotised.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Loc

Chonocephalus Wandolleck, 1898

Liu, Guangchun & Chu, Mengying 2016
2016
Loc

Epichonocephalus

Schmitz 1928: 104
1928
Loc

Chonocephalus

Wandolleck 1898: 428
1898
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