Sobarocephala
Creators: name: Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Clusiidae
Sobarocephala

description: Key to Oriental species of Sobarocephala
1. Scutellum entirely or largely brown to black................................................................ 2
- Scutellum entirely yellow; mesoscutum with black semicircular marking along anterior margin and a pair of brown stripes between dc- and sa-lines; surstylus narrow, L-shaped, with about 30 spinules (Fig. 15; Thailand)...... S. geniculata sp. nov.
2. Abdomen dark brown to brownish black; mesoscutum bi- or trivittate............................................ 3
- Abdomen with anterior tergites yellow; mesoscutum bivittate; r-m before middle level of cell dm, ultimate section of CuA1 2/3 as long as penultimate section (Nepal; male unknown)................................. S. nepalensis Sasakawa, 1979
3. Face entirely brownish black; mesoscutum trivittate; fore tibia and tarsus brown; surstylus narrowing distally, bearing six spinules along inner ventroapical margin (Fig. 13); distiphallus shieldlike (Fig. 14; Philippines)....... S. fuscifacies sp. nov.
- Face yellow to pale brown............................................................................. 4
4. Mesoscutum largely brownish black, separated narrowly by median longitudinal brown line behind transverse suture; legs entirely yellow; surstylus lobate, longer than epandrial height, with about 35 spinules; distiphallus spatulate (Figs 19, 20; Thailand)............................................................................... S. megastylis sp. nov.
- Mesoscutum clearly vittate.............................................................................. 5
5. Mesoscutum bivittate laterad of dc-lines; first antennal flagellomere brown on dorsal half of outer side; fore tarsus brown; surstylus lobate, slightly shorter than epandrial height, with 11–13 spinules (Malaysia, Philippines)..................................................................................................... S. vockerothi Sasakawa, 1993
- Mesoscutum trivittate; first antennal flagellomere with brown spot surrounding base of arista or dorsal stripe............. 6
6. Abdomen entirely brownish black; dc three; surstylus 1/2 as high as epandrium, narrowing distally, with 9 or 10 spines and two spinules (Figs 6, 7; Philippines).......................................................... S. baculigera sp. nov.
- Abdomen with posterior tergites brownish yellow; dc two; surstylus almost as high as epandrium, setose................ 7
7. Scutellum, anepisternum, and mediotergite entirely brownish black............................................. 8
- Scutellum and mediotergite yellow, each with brown central stripe, anepisternum brown dorsally; paraphallus with claw-like process distally [Japan (Ryukyus)]................................................... S. uncinata Sueyoshi, 2006
8. Face and clypeus brown; first antennal flagellomere with brown dorsal stripe; M1 ratio 3.0; mid coxa with small brown central spot (male unknown; Philippines)..................................................... S. hirsutiseta (Frey, 1928)
- Face, clypeus, and mid coxa entirely yellow; first flagellomere with small brown spot surrounding base of arista; M1 ratio 4.5; paraphallus with serration of minute spinules (Fig. 11; Malaysia)................................ S. eurystylis sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Sasakawa, Mitsuhiro, 2011, Oriental species of clusiid flies (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3038 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205904