Dohrniphora Dahl
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora

description: Genus Dohrniphora Dahl
Dohrniphora Dahl 1898: 188. Type species: D. dohrni Dahl, by monotype.
Diploneura, subgenus Dohrniphora: Schmitz 1929: 107.
Crepidopachys Enderlein 1912: 16. Type species C. longirostrata Enderlein, by original designation. Synonymized by Malloch 1913: 24.
Pronomiorpha Enderlein 1912: 46. Type species P. rostrata Enderlein, by original designation. Synonymized by Malloch 1913: 24.
The diagnostic characters of the genus were felicitously described by Kung and Brown (2005). The distinction between Dohrniphora and the closely related genus Diplonevra was clearly clarified by Disney (1990a, b).
Key to Chinese male species(♂)
1. Hind tibia with at least one bristle before apical quarter; abdominal tergite VI uniformly brown; mid tibia with dorsal hair pal- isade extends to 1/3 of its length; posterior face of hind femur with 6–8 peg-like bristles.................. papuana Brues
- Hind tibia without bristle before apical quarter.............................................................. 2
2. Posterior face of hind femur with a patch of scattered hairs or 1–3 bristle-like hairs near the dorsal edge.................3
- Posterior face of hind femur without hairs near the dorsal edge................................................. 13
3. Posterior face of hind femur with 5–20 hairs near the dorsal edge................................................4
- Posterior face of hind femur with 1–3 bristle-like hairs just below the dorsal edge................................... 5
4. Palisade of mid tibia extends to 1/3 of its length; hind coxal lobe hemispherical........................ cornuta (Bigot)
- Palisade of mid tibia extends to 1/2 of its length; hind coxal lobe triangular................................ leei Disney
5. Palp inflated, equal to or less than 2 times of its width......................................................... 6
- Palp thinner, longer than 2 times of its width................................................................ 8
6. Microtrichia patch of hind femur extends to the outside of the group of peg-like bristles............. microtrichina sp. nov.
- Microtrichia patch of hind femur confined mainly below the group of peg-like bristles............................... 7
7. Hair palisade of mid tibia longer than 1/2 of its length; peg-like bristles slender and long, pointed at tips..... intumescens Liu
- Hair palisade of mid tibia shorter than 1/2 of its length; peg-like bristles short, blunt at tips............... modesta Disney
8. Peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur arranged in a straight row........................................ 9
- Peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur arranged in an arc-shaped or a right angle........................... 11
9. Peg-like bristles of hind femur uniform in length, much thinner, hair-like............................ capillaris sp. nov.
- Peg-like bristles of hind femur varied in length, of which 2–3 are very long and stout, two time longer than others........ 10
10. With 4–5 peg-like bristles, of which 2–3 are pointed, larger and closely adjacent....................... proxima sp. nov.
- With 3–4 peg-like bristles, of which 2 are very long and blunt on top.............................. longisetalis sp. nov.
11. Peg-like bristles of hind femur arranged in an arc-shaped, and the bristles in varying thickness around a microctrichia process........................................................................................ setulipalpis Liu
- Peg-like bristles of hind femur arranged in a right angle...................................................... 12
12. Posterior face of hind femur with 4–6 peg-like bristles; anterior half of abdominal tergite VI yellow; hind coxal lobe triangular (distributed in South Korea)..................................................................... leei Disney
- Posterior face of hind femur with 8 peg-like bristles; abdominal tergites uniformly brown; hind coxal lobe hemispherical...................................................................................... .. rectangularis sp. nov.
13. Peg-like bristles arranged in a cluster..................................................................... 14
- Peg-like bristles arranged in a single row or in a arc-shape.................................................... 17
14. Posterior face of hind femur with 25–27 peg-like bristles, arranged in a triangle; anterior half of abdominal tergite ∏ yellow; palisade of mid tibia extends to 3/4 of its length................................................ triangula sp. nov.
- Posterior face of hind femur with less than 20 peg-like bristles; abdominal tergites uniformly brown...................15
15. Posterior face of hind femur with 7–8 peg-like bristles, more distally with a transverse carina; dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends less than 1/3 of its length............................................................ carinata sp. nov.
- Posterior face of hind femur with more than 10 peg-like bristles, without a transverse carina......................... 16
16. Palisade of mid tibia extends less than 1/2 of its length; scutellum with 4 bristles......................... insulana Liu
- Palisade of mid tibia extends more than 1/2 of its length; scutellum with 2 bristles and 2 hairs............ cespitula sp. nov.
17. Peg-like bristles arranged in a straight row................................................................. 18
- Peg-like bristles arranged in a arc-shaped or an irregular single row............................................. 22
18. Posterior face of hind femur with 9 peg-like bristles, which are short and blunt and arranged distantly to each other.............................................................................................. infrequens sp. nov.
- Posterior face of hind femur with less than 8 peg-like bristles, without characters above............................. 19
19. With 4–5 peg-like bristles, which are blunt on top.................................................. caini Disney
- With 3–7 peg-like bristles, which are pointed on top......................................................... 20
20. Without microtrichia patch below the group of peg-like bristles of posterior face of hind femur; peg-like bristles relatively long....................................................................................... aspinula sp. nov.
- With normal microtrichia patch below the group of peg-like bristles of posterior face of hind femur................... 21
21. Abdominal tergites ffl – v uniformly brown; hind coxal lobe with short teeth-like spines............. .. dentiretusa sp. nov.
- Abdominal tergites ffl – v yellow at anterior half; hind coxal lobe with fine hairs..................... malaysiae Green
22. Palisade of mid tibia extends to 1/3 of its length; posterior face of hind femur with 3–5 thin, equal length peg-like bristles; lumen of fork of vein Rs much wider..................................................... belyaevae Mostovski
- Palisade of mid tibia extends to1/2–2/3 of its length......................................................... 23
23. Peg-like bristles of hind femur arranged in an irregular single row..............................................24
- Peg-like bristles of hind femur arranged in an arc-shaped row.................................................. 25
24. Posterior face of hind femur with about 12 peg-like bristles; microtrichia patch is restricted below the group of peg-like bristles................................................................................ densilinearis Yang et Liu.
- Posterior face of hind femur with about 8 peg-like bristles; microtrichia patch extends above group of peg-like bristles............................................................................................. separata sp. nov.
25. Microtrichia patch of hind femur extends to the outside of the group of peg-like bristles............................. 26
- Microtrichia patch of hind femur restricted below the group of peg-like bristles................................... 27
26. Palp inflated, length less than 2 times of its width................................................. dilatata sp. nov
- Palp normal, length more than 2 times of its width........................................... prescherweberae Liu
27. Abdominal tergites uniformly brown; posterior face of hind femur with 4–5 peg-like bristles; ventral margin of hind femur with a small process........................................................................... qinnica Liu
- Abdominal tergites at least partly yellow.................................................................. 28
28. Ventral margin of base of hind femur with a distinctly concave region; hind coxal lobe with short teeth-like spines.............................................................................................. .. dentiretusa sp. nov.
- Ventral margin of base of hind femur without a concave region; hind coxal lobe with fine hairs......... disparilis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on pages 308-309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618