Tricyclea van der Wulp
Creators: name: Kurahashi, Hiromu
name: Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Calliphoridae
Tricyclea

description: Key to species of Tricyclea van der Wulp   
1. Male............................................................................................................................... 2  
­ Female........................................................................................................................... 8  
 2. Head dichoptic; ors 1+1, well developed; mid tibia without v..................................... 3   
 ­ Head sub­holoptic to holoptic; no ors developed; mid tibia with v.............................. 5   
 3. Abdominal tergites with small apical spots; ov developed; scutum with more or less extended black median stripe which does not surpass row of dc.................................... ............................................................................................... T. martini (Zumpt) (p. 72)   
 ­ Abdominal tergites entirely yellowish brown, without spot; ov absent; scutum entirely yellowish brown, or broadly blackened, extended to row of ia.................................... 4   
 4. Ov absent; scutum entirely yellowish brown ......................... T. flavida Malloch (p. 72)   
 ­ Ov present; scutum broadly blackened, extended outside row of ia............................... ............................................................................................. T. claripennis Séguy (p. 70)   
 5. 5 th tergite without paired apical spots or demarcated marginal band, or with entire indistinct pattern; genal dilation entirely clothed in blackish hairs............................... 7   
 ­ 5 th tergite with pair of well demarcated apical spots; genal dilation clothed in yellowish hairs on posterior........................................................................................................... 6   
 6. Thorax with broad fuscous spot of varying size; tergites 3–4 with relatively broad black marginal band; eyes holoptic in ♂ (not recorded from Namibia).......................... ..................................................................................................... T. f. fasciata Macquart   
 ­ Thorax and abdomen with reduced black pattern; tergites 3–4 with narrow marginal band; eyes sub­holoptic .........................................T. f. ferruginea van der Wulp (p. 71)   
 7. 4 th tergite wholly blackish in dorsal view; parafacial narrower than width of 1 st flagellomere, with some black setulae above .............................. T. dubia Zumpt (p. 70)   
 ­ 4 th tergite brownish orange along anterior margin; parafacial subequal to width of 1 st flagellomere, without black setulae, only with pale minute hairs................................... ............................................................................................ T. semicinerea Bezzi (p. 73)   
 8. Thorax entirely yellowish brown ........................................... T. flavida Malloch (p. 72)   
­ Thorax with more or less pronounced dark pattern....................................................... 9  
 9. Abdomen entirely yellowish brown .................................... T. claripennis Séguy (p. 70)   
­ Abdomen with more or less pronounced dark pattern................................................ 10  
 10. 5 th tergite with pair of well demarcated apical spots; palpus width varied; genal dilation largely clothed in yellowish hairs posteriorly............................................................. 11   
 ­ 5 th tergite without paired apical spots or demarcated marginal band, or at most with trace of median dark stripe; palpus slender, not as broad as width of 1 st flagellomere; genal dilation entirely clothed in blackish hairs.......................................................... 13   
 11. Palpus slender, narrower than width of 1 st flagellomere; tergites 3–4 without marginal bands, except for three spots ................................................. T. martini (Zumpt) (p. 72)   
 ­ Palpus as broad as width of 1 st flagellomere, strongly dilated apically; tergites 3–4 with marginal bands............................................................................................................ 12   
 12. Thorax with broad fuscous spot of varying size; tergites 3–4 with relatively broad black marginal band (not recorded from Namibia) ..................... T. f. fasciata Macquart   
 ­ Thorax and abdomen with reduced black pattern; tergites 3–4 with narrow marginal band ....................................................................... T. f. ferruginea van der Wulp (p. 71)   
 13. 4 th tergite wholly blackish in dorsal view; parafacial with some black setulae above.... ..................................................................................................... T. dubia Zumpt (p. 70)   
 ­ 4 th tergite brownish orange along anterior margin; parafacial without black setulae, only with pale minute hairs ................................................ T. semicinerea Bezzi (p. 73)
description: Published as part of Kurahashi, Hiromu & Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2006, The Calliphoridae of Namibia (Diptera: Oestroidea), pp. 1-131 in Zootaxa 1322 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1322.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5071123