Physiphora Fallén

Chen, Xiao-Lin & Kameneva, Elena P., 2007, A review of Physiphora Fallén (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from China, Zootaxa 1398, pp. 15-28 : 17

Key to species of Physiphora Fallén from China

1. Wing with cell r4+5 completely closed, vein M and vein R4+5 joined forming petiole at wing tip ( Figs 13 , 29 ).................................................................................................................................................................2

– Wing with cell r4+5 narrowly opened or closed, but vein M and vein R4+5 not forming petiole at wing tip ( Figs 3 , 23 , 33 )..............................................................................................................................................3

2. Scutum and scutellum with different colour of sheen, scutum golden­green and scutellum golden­red. Spermathecae spherical ( Fig. 12 ) .............................................................................. P. clausa (Macquart)

– Scutum and scutellum with uniform bright purple­green sheen. Spermathecae hemispherical (mushroomlike) ( Fig. 31 )............................................................................................................... P. hainanensis n. sp.

3. Frons red­brown, scutum and scutellum golden­green. Foreleg with basitarsomere whitish yellow ............ ..................................................................................................................................... P. alceae (Preyssler)

– Head mainly black. Foreleg with basitarsomere whitish yellow or black....................................................4

4. Foreleg with basitarsomere whitish­yellow; frons with conspicuous swellings ( Fig. 32 ). Dorsal half of face gray microtrichose in antennal grooves and having three separate gray microtrichose marks (upper small and round, two lower dash­like). Wing with cell r4+5 nearly closed ( Fig. 33 )....................................... ................................................................................................................................ P. longicornis (Hendel)

– Foreleg with basitarsomere black; frons having no conspicuous swellings ( Fig.20 ); face with wide microtrichose band, but without a pattern as above. Wing with cell r4+5 narrowly opened ( Fig. 23 ) ...................... .................................................................................................................................... P. chalybea (Hendel)

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 14. Physiphora clausa Macquart; 10, head, dorsal view; 11, head, lateral view; 12, spermatheca (one of three); 13, wing; 14, apex of aculeus.

FIGURES 27 – 31. Physiphora hainanensis n. sp.; 27, head, dorsal view; 28, head, lateral view; 29, wing; 30, apex of aculeus; 31, spermatheca (one of three).

FIGURES 1 – 5. Physiphora alceae Preyssler; 1, head, dorsal view; 2, head, lateral view; 3, wing; 4, apex of aculeus; 5, spermatheca (one of three).

FIGURES 20 – 24. Physiphora chalybea Hendel; 20, head, dorsal view; 21, head, lateral view; 22, spermatheca (one of three); 23, wing; 24, apex of aculeus.

FIGURES 32 – 36. Physiphora longicornis Hendel; 32, head, dorsal view; 33, wing; 34, spermatheca (one of three); 35, apex of aculeus; 36, head, lateral view.