Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend 1926
Creators: name: Tachi, Takuji
name: Shima, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tachinidae
Aphantorhaphopsis

description: Key to East Asian and Oriental species of Aphantorhaphopsis   
1 Abdomen shining black in ground color (Figs 86–87); abdominal tergite 3 without median marginal setae..... 2  
– Abdomen yellowish, brownish or blackish in ground color (Figs 88–91, 95); abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of median marginal setae.......................................... 3  
 2 R 1 setulose dorsally on entire length........................................................................  S. (A.) expleta sp. nov.    
 – R 1 setulose dorsally on apical half.........................................................  S.   (A.) perispoliata  (Mesnil, 1953)   
3 Labella pad-like (Figs 88, 90, 98)............................ 4  
– Labella elongate, 0.8–1.0 times as long as prementum (Figs 94–96)........................................................... 15  
4 R 1 setulose dorsally on apical half............................ 5  
– R 1 bare or with 1–3 setulae dorsally on apical portion................................................................................ 7  
5 Three postsutural dorsocentral setae........................ 6  
 – Four postsutural dorsocentral setae.............................................................  S. (A.) hongkongensis sp. nov.    
 6 Abdomen shining light brown in ground color, with whitish pruinosity on anterior margin of each tergite; gena wide, approximately 0.25 of eye height (Fig. 92); ultimate section of M 4 0.8–1.0 times as long as crossvein dm-m.............. S.  (A.) samarensis  (Villeneuve, 1921)   
 – Abdomen yellow in ground color, almost without pruinosity, posterior half of tergites 3–5 black; gena narrow, approximately 0.2 of eye height; ultimate section of M 4 1.3 times as long as crossvein dm-m.........................................................  S. (A.) seminigra sp. nov.    
7 Three postsutural dorsocentral setae........................ 8  
– Four postsutural dorsocentral setae........................ 14  
 8 Vertex very narrow, approximately 0.17 of head width.............. S.  (A.) angustifrons  (Malloch, 1930)   
– Vertex 0.30–0.45 of head width................................ 9  
9 Abdomen orange or light yellow in ground color, without pruinosity................................................... 10  
– Abdomen varied in ground color, with pruinosity.... 11  
 10 Fronto-orbital plate with yellow pruinosity; frontal vitta orange; vertex approximately 0.32 of head width; gena 0.17–0.20 of eye height (Fig. 93)............................................................. S.  (A.) selangor  (Malloch, 1930)   
 – Fronto-orbital plate with brownish pruinosity; frontal vitta pale brown; vertex 0.33–0.37 of head width; gena 0.20–0.23 of eye height (Fig. 90)................................................................. S.  (A.) laboriosa  Mesnil, 1957   
 11 Abdominal tergites 4–5 entirely blackish, with whitish gray pruinosity on anterior part (Fig. 89).............................................................  S. (A.) kanmiyai sp. nov.    
– Abdominal tergites 4–5 brownish or yellowish in ground color, with blackish longitudinal vitta or bands on posterior 1/2–4/5 (Fig. 88)................................. 12  
 12 Fronto-orbital plate with brownish pruinosity; frontal vitta reddish brown; thoracic dorsum slightly dark gray......................................  S. (A.) coactilis sp. nov.    
– Fronto-orbital plate with yellowish pruinosity; frontal vitta orange or light yellow; thoracic dorsum gray........ 13  
 13 Male postabdomen with surstylus nearly straight and tapered to apex in lateral view (Fig. 63)............................................... S.  (A.) orientalis  (Townsend, 1926)   
 – Surstylus thickened and slightly curved dorsally on apical 1/ 5 in lateral view (Fig. 25)...................................................................  S. (A.) matsumotoi sp. nov.    
 14 Abdomen blackish in ground color; gena approximately 0.25 of eye height; R 1 bare............................................................... S.  (A.) laticornis  (Malloch, 1930)   
 – Abdomen gray in ground color; gena approximately 0.18 of eye height (Fig. 97); R 1 with 1–3 setae dorsally on apical portion.............  S. (A.) apicisetosa sp. nov.    
15 Three postsutural dorsocentral setae; R 1 bare......... 16  
– Four postsutural dorsocentral setae; R 1 bare or setulose dorsally on apical half............................................ 17  
 16 Prementum subequal in length to eye height; labella slightly shorter than prementum (Fig. 95)................................................ S.  (A.) crassulata  (Mesnil, 1953)   
 – Prementum long, approximately twice as long as eye height; labella subequal in length to prementum (Fig. 96)....................................  S. (A.) nepalensis sp. nov.    
 17 R 1 setulose dorsally on apical half............................... ............................................ S. (A.) curvata sp. nov.   
– R 1 bare.................................................................... 18  
 18 Labella elongate, subequal in length to prementum; gena narrow, approximately 0.15 of eye height (Fig. 94).............................. S.  (A.) alticola  (Mesnil, 1953)   
 – Labella approximately 0.8 times as long as prementum; gena wide, approximately 0.2 of eye height....... ................................................ S. (A.) curta sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Tachi, Takuji & Shima, Hiroshi, 2023, Systematic study of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis of the genus Siphona in East Asia and the Oriental Region (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 213-247 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 63 (1) on pages 215-216, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.013, http://zenodo.org/record/10134105