Musca Inferior , S tein , Type of a New Genus of Philaematomyine Flies (Diptera)
1921; Maney Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00034983.1921.11684242
ISSN1364-8594
Autores Tópico(s)Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
ResumoIn 1909, Stein, the well-known Monographer of the Anthomyidae of the world, described a Musca inferior from Java, pointing out as the main characters, the greater size, yellowish colour of palpi, separated eyes of the male, presence of only a single pair of welldeveloped dorso-ventral macrochaetae, and the lineate pattern of the abdomen.These characters are sufficient for tfie immediate recognition of the fly.In 1912, Patton and Cragg published in these Annals a short preliminary description of an Indian fly under the name of Philaematomyia gurnei, of which, later in the same year, they gave a detailed description with beautiful figures.In 1916, in my second paper on the Philippine Diptera, I established the synonomy of the two above-named species, leaving them in the genus Philaematomyia, Austen, under the name of Ph. inferior, Stein, and establishing their presence in the Philippines.Subsequently, in 1918, two papers appeared with more notices on this same fly, but withou~ referring to the synonomy given by me.The first of these papers is by Stein, who, recording the species, under the generic name of Musca from Formosa, points out its affinity with Crassirostris insignis (the type species of the genus 'Philaematomyia), and recognises that the two species must be placed in one new genus; on this occasion he adds to the original description the important characters of the form of the proboscis and of the bristles of the third longitudinal vein of the wings.The second paper is by Awati, who, in describing a new species of Pliilaematomyia from India, made a critical review of the genus,
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