Loxocera Loxocera Meigen, 1803

Zhou, Jiale & Yang, Ding, 2023, A review of the subgenus Loxocera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Brachycera, Psilidae) in China, ZooKeys 1186, pp. 71-96 : 71

subgenus Loxocera Loxocera Meigen, 1803

Loxocera Meigen, 1803: 275. Type species: Musca aristata Panzer, 1801, by monotypy.

Platystyla Macquart, 1835: 374. Type species: Loxocera hoffmannseggii Meigen, 1826, by monotypy. Synonymized by Buck and Marshall (2006b: 199).

Terarista Wang, 1999: 268. Nomen nudum.

Terarista Yang & Wang in Wang & Yang, 2003: 563. Type species: Terarista fujiana Wang, 1999, by original designation. Synonymized by Zhou et al. (2022: 465).

Diagnosis.

The subgenus Loxocera Loxocera can be recognized by the following combination of character states: frontal vitta desclerotized, dull, velvety; lunule sclerotized, broadly exposed between antennal base and anterior margin of frons; fore wing with alula glabrous except margin; hind femur with a subapical patch of microtomentum on ventral surface; male sternite 8 broadly exposed and setulose, fused to tergite 6 and epandrium; female tergite 10 and cerci separated. For details on the character states used to define the subgenus, see Buck and Marshall (2006b).