Phora
Creators: name: Liu, Guangchun
name: Wang, Baoliang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Phora

description: Key to Chinese Phora males
1 Hind tibia with 2–3 anterior bristles on proximal half.................................................................................................. 2
- Hind tibia with 1 anterior bristles on proximal half...................................................................................................... 3
2 Frons narrowed posteriorly, with long hairs in front of stemmaticum, the hairs nearly equal to bristles in length; left surstylus excavated semicircularly on distal portion, with a long, pointed and upwards curved process on poster- oventral corner; mid tibia with 2 anterior bristles on proximal half ................................................ capillosa Schmitz
- Frons parallel-sided, with short hairs, distinctly shorter than bristles; left surstylus with 3-pointed processes on distal margin ........................................................................................................................................... occidentata Malloch
3 Mid-tibia with 2 anterior bristles on proximal half....................................................................................................... 4
- Mid tibia with 1 anterior bristles on proximal half ..................................................................................................... 10
4 Costa rather short, costal index 0.46–0.51.................................................................................................................... 5
- Costa long, costal index 0.54–0.57............................................................................................................................... 7
5 Frons parallel-sided; left surstylus with 3 pointed processes on distal margin; right surstylus spatulate ...................... ....................................................................................................................................................... occidentata Malloch
- Frons narrowed posteriorly, left surstylus without such processes............................................................................... 6
6 Costal cilia very long, 3.8–4.6×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; left surstylus with posterodorsal corner weakly produced and round................................................................................................................................ shirozui Gotoh
- Costal cilia moderately long, 2.3–3.3×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; left surstylus with posterodorsal corner strongly produced distally into long, slender, sharply pointed process ........................................ subconvallium Gotoh
7 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.7–0.8 of that at supra-antennal; left surstylus slender in lateral view........................................................................................................... tattakana Gotoh
- Frons strongly narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.6–0.7 of that at supra-antennal.................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
8 Wing distinctly tinged with brown; left surstylus large and wide, with a sharply pointed projection at posterodorsal corner ...................................................................................................................................................... taiwana Gotoh
- Wing slightly tinged with brown; left surstylus without such a sharply pointed projection at posterodorsal corner... 9
9 Left surstylus proximal 2/3 narrowed and distal 1/3 widened; right surstylus slender, reddish brown; body length 2.4–3.2 mm ..................................................................................................................................... convergens Schmitz
- Left surstylus divided into two parts, the under one small, with a hook distally; right surstylus spatulate; dark brown and slightly reddish; body length 3.5mm ................................................................................ hamulata Liu & Chou
10 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.6–0.8 of that at supra-antennal ..... 11
- Frons nearly parallel-sided, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.9–1.0 of that at supra-antennal...... 15
11 Frons narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.77–0.79 of that at supra-antennal. 12
- Frons strongly narrowed posteriorly, width at the level of upper fronto-orbital bristles 0.62–0.67 of that at supraantennal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
12 Lateral lobe of epandrium with posteroventral corner weakly produced posteriorly and pointed?left process of right hypandrial lobe with posteroventral corner produced to form a flat projection which bears bluntly topped hairs ........ .................................................................................................................................................................. saigusai Goto
- Lateral lobe of epandrium with posteroventral corner rounded and posterodorsal corner produced to form a hooklike process; left process of right hypandrial lobe without such a projection at posteroventral corner........ rostrata sp. nov.
13 First costal sector moderately shorter than second, costal sector index 0.7–0.8 .................................... acerosa Gotoh
- First costal sector slightly shorter than second, costal sector index 0.9 ..................................................................... 14
14 Wing distingctly tinged with brown, right surstylus elongate with posterior margin emarginate in lateral view .......... ............................................................................................................................................................. concava sp. nov.
- Wing hyaline, very slightly tinged with grayish brown, Right surstylus elongate ovate in lateral view ....................... ....................................................................................................................................................furcularis Liu & Wang
15 First costal sector moderately shorter than second, costal sector index 0.8 ......................................... lacunifera Goto
- First costal sector slightly shorter or sometimes longer than second, costal sector index 0.9–1.0............................. 16
16 Wing distinctly tinged with brown; frons remarkably wide, frontal index 0.36, right process of right hypandrial lobe with an inner large flat ridge .............................................................................................................. fenestrata Gotoh
- Wing slightly tinged with brown; frons moderately wide, frontal index 0.24–0.34, right process of right hypandrial lobe without such an large ridge ................................................................................................................................. 17
17 Costa long, costal index 0.53–0.55, left surstylus with a U-shaped notch at ventral 1/3 of posterior marginal portion ............................................................................................................................................................. amplifrons Goto
- Costa rather short, costal index 0.44–0.51, left surstylus without such a U-shaped notch at ventral 1/3 of posterior marginal portion.......................................................................................................................................................... 18
18 Costal cilia long, 4–5×as long as width of 2nd costal sector; right surstylus with posterodorsal corner more or less produced posterodorsally and rounded ................................................................................................ pubipes Schmitz
- Costal cilia short, 1.9–2.4×as long as width of 2nd costal sector............................................................................... 19
19 Costa rather short, costal index 0.44–0.46, lateral lobe of epandrium short, strongly tapered distally, with distal margin weakly rounded ................................................................................................................................. orientis Gotoh
- Costa relatively long, costal index 0.51, lateral lobe of epandrium well developed, roughly rectangular................. 20
20 Right surstylus markedly large, strongly widened distally in lateral view, angulate at posterodorsal corner; epandrial lobe well developed, with distal margin denticulate, right process of right hypandrial lobe slender............................. ....................................................................................................................................................... holosericea Schmitz
- Right surstylus elongate ovate in lateral view; epandrial lobe smooth on outer surface and on distal margin, right process of right hypandrial lobe widened distally ............................................................................. edentata Schmitz
description: Published as part of Liu, Guangchun & Wang, Baoliang, 2010, Two new species of Phora Latreille (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, with a key to species, pp. 35-42 in Zootaxa 2359 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275697