Coenosia globuliseta, Pont, 1980

Muller, Burgert S. & Midgley, John M., 2022, How strange: Coenosia curiosa sp. nov. (Diptera: Muscidae), the first recorded Tiger fly from Lesotho, with revision of the Coenosia globuliseta-group, Zootaxa 5222 (4), pp. 367-377 : 369

Key to species of the Coenosia globuliseta -group:

1 Male with first two pairs of frontal setae normally developed, one pair of upper inclinate apically globular frontal setae; female unknown................................................................................ globuliseta Pont

– Male with all three pairs of frontal setae apically globular; known females with frontal setae normally developed......... 2

2 Male with a well-developed apically globular seta on the pedicel; scutum with easily distinguishable and well-developed dorsocentral and acrostichal setae; female with tergite 6 two relatively slender paired plates.............. curiosa sp. nov.

– Male with a short setulae on pedicel; dorsocentral and acrostichal setae difficult to distinguish from surrounding setulae, at most with posterior pair of dorsocentral setae strongly developed and distinguishable.................................... 3

3 Male with mostly whip-like setae and setulae on thorax and legs; female with normally developed setation, tergite 6 a broad, fused plate with basal emargination......................................................... flagelliseta Muller

– Male with normally developed setae and setulae on the thorax and legs; female unknown.... macrotriseta Muller & Miller