Botanophila fugax

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 : 19-20

13. fugax -group

( Fig. 18 )

Diagnosis. Cercal plate on distal margin with 3 processes (2 submedian, 1 median), the median one apparently not arising from any subcercal structure. Surstylus never apically bifurcate, though sometimes with a tooth on inner margin medially

Species included in this group from China are B. betarum ( Lintner, 1883) , B. fugax ( Meigen, 1826) , B. hucketti ( Ringdahl, 1935) , and B. profuga ( Stein, 1916) .

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 18. 17. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of depressa - group: B. depressa (Stein). After Michael Ackland. 18. Posterior view of cerci and surstyli of fugax - group: B. fugax (Meigen). After Michael Ackland.