Bentrovata Richards 1973
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Description
KEY TO THE KNOWN SPECIES OF BENTROVATA RICHARDS, 1973
1. Frons without longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite unarranged (Figs 21–22). Pseudocerci large (Fig. 23). Female spermathecae long ovoid (Fig. 28), its neck without warts. Thorax contrastingly yellow. B. flavithorax sp. n.
– Frons with 5 longitudinal stripes. Large, blunt, black thorns/pegs of ventro-medial process of synsternite in 1 row (Figs 31–32). Pseudocerci small (Fig. 47) or indistinct (Fig. 33). Female spermathecae pear-shaped (Figs 39–40, 53) 2
2. Body smaller, 1.55 mm. Male pseudocerci indistinct (Fig. 33). The black peg of surstylus comparatively short (Figs 34–35). Ventro-medial process of synsternite with 16 (8+8) pegs (Figs 31–32). Female unknown B. minor sp. n.
– Body larger (1.60 mm or more). Male pseudocerci small (Fig. 47). The blunt peg of surstylus extremely long (Figs 49–50). Ventro-medial process of synsternite with long, blunt, black pegs in 1 row, with 20 (10+10) pegs (Figs 44–45) 3
3. Thorax dark brown. Legs predominantly dark brown. Neck of spermathecae with numerous warts (Figs 39–40). Male unknown B. nigrithorax L. Papp et Szappanos, sp. n.
– Thorax contrastingly yellow. Legs predominantly yellow. Neck of spermathecae without warts or they are indistinct (Fig. 53) B. regalis Richards *
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Sphaeroceridae
- Genus
- Bentrovata
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Richards
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bentrovata Richards, 1973 sec. Papp, 2021
References
- RICHARDS, O. W. (1973): The Sphaeroceridae (= Borboridae or Cypselidae; Diptera Cyclorrhapha) of the Australian Region. - Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary series) 22: 297 - 401. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / AJZS 022