Clusia Haliday 1838

Kazerani, F., Beuk, P., Farashiani, M. E. & Kiasari, Sh. Mohammadnezhad, 2020, First Records Of The Rare Family Clusiidae (Diptera, Opomyzoidea) From Iran, Zoodiversity 54 (1), pp. 31-34 : 32

Clusia Haliday 1838

T y p e s p e c i e s: Heteromyza flava Meigen 1830

Synonym: Paraclusia Czerny, 1903 , synonymy established by Lonsdale & Marshall (2008)

The genus Clusia is distinguished from the other genera by the following characters: A pair of incurved interfrontal bristles. Scutellum usually with two pairs of lateral bristles that are longer than the scutellum. Arista pubescentor short-plumose. Cross-veindm-cu usually broadly infuscated. Scutellum with yellow central stripe. At least mid-tibiae without preapical bristles.