Stratiomys Geoffroy, 1762

Nerudová, Jana, Kovac, Damir & Rozkošný, Rudolf, 2007, Description Of The Oriental Stratiomys Reducta, New Species, And Its Larva And Puparium (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55 (2), pp. 245-252 : 252

Key to adults of the Oriental species of Stratiomys Geoffroy, 1762

1. Legs predominantly yellow ( Indonesia: Java) ......................... ................................................... S. flaviscutellata Wulp, 1885

– Legs predominantly black .................................................... 2

2. Male abdominal tergites 3–5 reddish brown, female tergites 2–4 broadly yellow laterally ( Myanmar) ................................ .................................................... S. dissimilis Brunetti, 1923

– Abdomen in both sexes mainly black, tergites 2–4 at most narrowly yellow .................................................................... 3

3. Posterior margins of abdominal tergites 3–4 with uninterrupted yellow bands ( Pakistan) ............ S. fulvescens Brunetti, 1920

– Posterior margins of abdominal tergites 3–4 with well separated lateral markings .................................................................... 4

4. Thoracic pile extremely short and sparse, scutellum yellow, female median occipital sclerite without yellow spots ( Myanmar) ............................... S. micropilosa Brunetti, 1920

– Thoracic pile moderately long and dense at least on notopleura and pleura, scutellum black at least in basal half, female median occipital sclerite with a pair of yellow spots ...................... 5

5. Yellow lateral markings developed on abdominal tergites 2–4, the first largest; hind tibia pale brown, with narrow rings at middle and tip; female frons with two large yellow calli ( India) ...... ................................................ S. approximata Brunetti, 1923

– Yellow lateral markings developed on abdominal tergites 2–3, the second larger ( Figs. 1, 5 ); hind tibia black with basal third yellow; female frontal calli predominantly shiny black (north Thailand) .......................................... S. reducta , new species

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Stratiomys reducta, new species. Characters of adults: 1, male abdomen, dorsal view; 2–4, male genitalia: cerci, proctiger and epandrium (2), genital capsule (3), phallic complex (4); 5, female abdomen, dorsal view; 6, female head, lateral view; 7, female head, frontal view, antennae removed.