Paradelia lunatifrons

Michelsen, Verner, 2007, Taxonomic review of Eurasian Paradelia Ringdahl (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 1592, pp. 1-44 : 6

The Paradelia lunatifrons section

The present section only includes the species P. lunatifrons (Zetterstedt) . It is considered as the sister group of the remaining species of Paradelia , all assigned to the Paradelia intersecta section (see below). The very slender male abdomen and sternites I–IV ( Fig. 16 ) and the reduced articulatory sclerites between epandrium and surstyli ( Figs. 20, 21 , short arrow) appear autapomorphic for the present section.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 22. Paradelia lunatifrons, male. 16. Sternites I – IV. 17, 18. Sternite V, lateral and ventral views. 19, 20. Hypopygium, lateral and caudal views. 21. Surstylus and bacilliform sclerite, lateral view. 22. Pre- and postgonites, lateral view. Same scale for 17, 18 and 19 – 22 respectively. See text for explanation of arrows.