Microphorella FROM
Creators: name: Shamshev, Igor V.
name: Grootaert, Patrick
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Microphorella

description: KEY TO THE SPECIES OF MICROPHORELLA FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA   
1. Male........................................................................................ 2  
 – Female (unknown in M. satunensis, new species)................ 6   
2. 6 or 5 pairs of dorsocentral bristles...................................... 3  
– 4 pairs of dorsocentral bristles.............................................. 5  
 3. Fore tarsus thickened (Fig. 6), entirely dark brown. Scutum with 6 pairs of dorsocentral bristles. Abdominal sternites 5 and 6 with equally small median posteromarginal processes (Figs. 11, 12) ………..…….........................…. M. malaysiana, new species   
– Fore tarsus slender. Scutum with 5 pairs of dorsocentral bristles................................................................................................. 4  
 4. Fore tarsus with tarsomeres 1-2 yellow, tarsomere 3 brownish yellow and tarsomeres 4-5 brownish. Halter pale. Abdominal segments 5 and 6 with equally large processes (Figs. 36, 37)....................................................... M. satunensis, new species   
 – Legs entirely black. Halter black. Abdominal segments lacking processes.......................................................... M. iota Colless   
 5. Fore tarsus somewhat thickened, with tarsomeres 1-2 yellow. Femora largely brown, brownish yellow in apical part. Abdominal sternite 5 with short, rather slender median posteromarginal process, sternite 6 with longer, broad process (Figs. 25, 26). Terminalia with right surstylus broad crescentshaped (Fig. 27).............................. M. papuana, new species   
 – Fore tarsus slender, with tarsomeres 1-3 yellow. Femora almost wholly yellowish, brownish dorsally. Abdominal sternite 5 lacking process, sternite 6 with large, broad process (Figs. 31, 32). Terminalia with right surstylus long, narrow (Fig. 33).................................................................. M. bira, new species   
6. 5 or 6 pairs of dorsocentral bristles......................................... 7  
– 4 pairs of dorsocentral bristles.............................................. 8  
 7. Fore tarsus yellowish brown, with tarsomeres becoming darker from 1st to 5th; mid and hind tarsomere 1 largely yellow, brownish at apex. Halter pale.... M. malaysiana, new species   
 – Legs entirely black. Halter black................... M. iota Colless   
 8. All tarsi almost wholly light brown, only tarsomere 1 paler basally............................................. M. papuana, new species   
 – All tarsi with tarsomeres 1-2 yellowish brown................................................................. M. bira, new species
description: Published as part of Shamshev, Igor V. & Grootaert, Patrick, 2004, Descriptions Of Four New Species Of The Genus Microphorella Becker (Diptera: Empidoidea, Microphoridae, Parathalassiini) From Southeast Asia And New Guinea, With Notes On The Relationships Within The Genus, pp. 45-58 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4619490