Delia platura
Authors/Creators
- 1. Hope Entomological Collections, The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Rd, Oxford, OX 1 3 PW, UK
Description
Delia platura (Meigen, 1826)
Figs 114–118
Anthomyia platura Meigen, 1826: 171.
Chortophila cilicrura Rondani, 1866: 165; Stein 1913: 560.
Hylemyia cilicrura (Rondani): Malloch 1924 b: 263; Emden 1941 b: 266; 1948: 166; 1951: 358; 1956: 530; Patterson 1956: 164.
Phorbia cilicrura (Rondani): Cuthbertson 1936: 57.
Delia platura (Meigen): Pont & Ackland 1980: 716.
For a full list of synonyms see Hennig (1974c: 881) and Griffiths (1993: 1578).
Diagnosis:
♂ Hind femur without extended row of pv, only a few preapical setae; hind tibia with row of numerous (23–30) pv setulose hairs of equal length (similar to D. florilega); mid tarsomere 1 without fringe of long setulae on dorsal surface. Sternite V processes with two blunt apical setae.
Description: see Griffiths (1993).
Lectotype ♂ of platura in MNHN, designated by Hennig (1974 c: 884).
Syntypes of cilicrura in MZLS.
Other material examined:Too numerous to list in full. I have seen specimens from Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Ruanda, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe. Probably found throughout the Afrotropical Region where suitable crops are grown.
Life history: D. platura is a cosmopolitan pest of agricultural crops, feeding on cruciferous roots, also cereals and a wide range of other crops. For a detailed survey of the biological literature, see Griffiths (1993: 1588).
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MNHN , MZLS
- Scientific name authorship
- Meigen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Anthomyiidae
- Genus
- Delia
- Species
- platura
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- lectotype , syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) sec. Ackland, 2008
References
- MEIGEN, J. W. 1826. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugelige Insecten. 5. Hamm.: Schultz, pp. xii + 412, pls 42 - 54.
- RONDANI, C. 1866. Anthomyinae italicae collectae distinctae et in ordinum dispositae. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Milano 9: 68 - 217.
- PONT, A. C. & ACKLAND, D. M. 1980. 83. Family Anthomyiidae. In: Crosskey, R. W., ed., Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British Museum (Natural History), pp. 715 - 718.