Aulacephala

Nihei, Silvio S., 2015, Systematic revision of the ormiine genera Aulacephala Macquart and Phasioormia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae), Zootaxa 3931 (1), pp. 1-26 : 4

Key to species of Aulacephala

The key below was prepared based upon characters previously reported by Bequaert (1922), Uéda (1960), Mesnil (1973), as well as my present observations.

1. Crossvein dm-cu strongly bisinuate ( Fig. 12 ); final section of M vein (distal to bend) strongly arcuate inwards ( Fig. 12 ); base of wing, r-m, dm-cu and final section of M dark brownish coloured and conspicuously infuscated around ( Fig. 12 ) (widespread in continental Afrotropics)......................................................... A. maculithorax Macquart

- Crossvein dm-cu weakly bisinuate ( Fig. 11 ); final section of M vein (distal to bend) is straight or only slightly arcuate inwards ( Fig. 11 ); base of wing, r-m, dm-cu and final section of M light brownish to brownish coloured (at most r-m dark brownish), and r-m with conspicuous infuscation around, while dm-cu, final section of M, and wing base with some weak infuscation ( Fig. 11 ) ( Japan, China, Indonesia).......................................................... A. hervei Bequaert

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12. Aulacephala hervei. 9. Male dorsal habitus. 10. Male lateral habitus. 11. Female wing. Aulacephala maculithorax. 12. Male wing. (Male specimen from Japan, Yokohama; female from Japan, Matsuyama.) (Scale bars 1 mm.)