Hebecnema Schnabl 1887
Creators: name: Wang, Yameng
name: Li, Wenliang
name: Li, Xin
name: Yang, Ding
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Hebecnema

description: Key to Chinese species of genus Hebecnema Schnabl, 1887 (males)
The following key is mainly based on Xue et al. (2014), where 2 other species recorded in China (H. occidentalisinica (Feng, Shi & Li, 2005) and H. arcuatiabdomina (Feng & Fan, 2001)) and one new species were included. Hebecnema halterata Stein, 1910 has been excluded due to paucity of information on some important characters.
1. Eyes bare........................................................................................... 2
- Eyes with hairs....................................................................................... 5
2. Abdominal sternite I bare............................................................................... 3
- Abdominal sternite I with setulae...................................................... H. xishuicum Feng, 2009
3. Abdomen dark black; basicosta black..................................................................... 4
- Abdomen dark yellow; basicosta yellow.................................... H. arcuatiabdomina (Feng & Fan, 2001)
4. Calypters and halter yellow........................................................ H. vespertina (Fallén, 1823)
- Calypters and halter brownish clouded (Fig. 3).................................. H. kongi Wang, Li & Yang, sp. nov.
5. Tibiae yellow to dark yellow............................................................................ 6
- Tibiae entirely black................................................................................... 8
6. Calypters yellowish white, not brown..................................................................... 7
- Calypters brownish clouded......................................................... H. fumosa (Meigen, 1826)
7. Eyes with short sparse hairs........................................... H. occidentalisinica (Feng, Shi & Li, 2005)
- Eyes with long dense hairs............................................................ H. dasyopos Feng, 2009
8. Calypters light brown to brown.......................................................................... 9
- Calypters white......................................................................... H. alba Xue, 1983
9. Frons without orb .................................................................................... 10
- Frons with a pair of orb ............................................................. H. manasicus Feng, 2009
10. Eyes with sparse ciliae; ial 0+3.................................................... H. umbratica (Meigen, 1826)
- Eyes with dense ciliae; ial 0+2.......................................................................... 11
11. Arista short plumose; abdominal sternite Ⅰ with setulae.............................. H. coronata Feng & Wang, 2010
- Arista long plumose; abdominal sternite Ⅰ bare.......................................... H. invisifacies Feng, 2009
description: Published as part of Wang, Yameng, Li, Wenliang, Li, Xin & Yang, Ding, 2023, Two new species of the subfamily Mydaeinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, pp. 543-554 in Zootaxa 5318 (4) on pages 544-545, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/8181956