Platystoma

Bodner, L. & Freidberg, A., 2016, Taxonomy and immature stages of the Platystomatidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) of Israel, Zootaxa 4171 (2), pp. 201-245 : 210-211

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079597

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scientific name

Platystoma
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Key to Platystoma View in CoL species of Israel

1. Legs pale (yellow or reddish). Wing pattern pale ( Figs. 32, 38 View FIGURES 30 – 40 ).................................................. 2

- Legs dark (dark brown to black). Wing pattern dark ( Figs. 30, 31, 33–37, 39 View FIGURES 30 – 40 )...................................... 3

2. Legs yellow. Abdomen densely and uniformly microtrichose. ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined. Terminal filaments no more than 4 times as long as glans. ♀: T3 slightly longer than T4.................................. P. torridum View in CoL n. sp.

- Legs reddish. Abdomen sparsely microtrichose. ♂: T5 longer than T3 and 4 combined. Terminal filaments more than 10 times as long as glans. ♀: T3 slightly shorter than T4............................................. P. dimidiatum Hendel

3. Gena height about 0.33 of eye height (sometimes more)....................................................... 4

- Gena height less than 0.33 of eye height.................................................................... 5

4. Ventral half of face shiny black. Ocellar triangle more than 0.33 times as long as frons (between anterior ocellus and lunule, medially), clearly setulose ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ).................................................... P. trigonum View in CoL n. sp. (part)

- Ventral half of face microtrichose medially. Ocellar triangle shorter, without setulae ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ).............. P. geula View in CoL n. sp.

5. Ventral half of face completely shiny black, without microtrichia................................................ 6

- Ventral half of face microtrichose at least medially........................................................... 7

6. Clypeus shiny black ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ). Abdomen entirely black, without microtrichia...................... P. nitidiventre Hendel

- Clypeus at least marginally microtrichose ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ). Abdomen densely microtrichose............. P. trigonum View in CoL n. sp. (part)

7. Postocellar seta present.................................................................................8

- Postocellar seta absent................................................................................. 10

8. Wing with a distinct hyaline transverse band over crossvein DM-Cu ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 30 – 40 ). Scutum and scutellum mostly black or just weakly microtrichose. Scutum with thin, grayish, inconspicuous longitudinal lines of microtrichia. Abdomen black, without microtrichia............................................................................ P. arcuatum Loew View in CoL

- No such band on wing (although hyaline dots are present in this area). Scutum with wide, conspicuous lines of microtrichia. Abdomen microtrichose at least partially on T5..............................................................9

9. ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined. ♀: T3 slightly longer than T4; T4 slightly longer than T5. Two spermathecae present..................................................................................... P. pubescens Loew View in CoL

- ♂: T5 three times as long as T3 and T4 combined. ♀: T4 longer than T3 and longer than T5. Three spermathecae present............................................................................................. P. dalia View in CoL n. sp.

10. Ventral half of face only medially microtrichose. Clypeus microtrichose only marginally ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ). ♂: T5 more than 4 times as long as T3 and T4 combined............................................................. P. elizabethae View in CoL n. sp.

- Ventral half of face densely and almost completely microtrichose. Clypeus densely microtrichose ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 8 – 18 ). ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined................................................................... P. malatiense Hennig

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Platystomatidae

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