Botanophila latifrons

Xue, Wan-Qi & Song, Wen-Hui, 2007, A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1633, pp. 1-38 : 5-6

Key to species of latifrons -group from China (males)

1. Hind tibia with strong apical pv setae; cercal plate with 1 median apical process and 2 papillae in posterior view ........................................................................................ B . tridigitata Fan &Chen in Fan et al., 1984a

- Hind tibia without apical pv setae; cercal plate only with 1 median apical process in posterior view........ 2

2. 3 rows of upcurved subvibrissal setulae; 2 pairs of interfrontal setae; costal vein bare on ventral surface; hind tibiae 3 av, 4-5 ad, 4 pd, 2 pv .................................................................... B. cercocerata ( Deng, 1985)

- 5 rows of upcurved subvibrissal setulae (only 2 rows of upcurved subvibrissal setulae in Hennig); 3 pairs of interfrontal setae; costal vein setulose before humeral break on ventral surface; hind tibiae 2 av, 3 ad, 3 pd, 3 pv ........................................................................................................... B. latifrons ( Zetterstedt, 1845)