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The Old World species of the tribe Typopsilopini (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Author(s) -
WIRTH WILLIS W.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal entomological society of london. series b, taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0375-0434
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1968.tb00211.x
Subject(s) - tribe , male genitalia , key (lock) , zoology , biology , old world , geography , ecology , anthropology , sociology
SYNOPSIS Typopsilopa Cresson, Eleleides Cresson, and Psilopoidea Cresson, the Old World genera of the notiphiline tribe Typopsilopini, are reviewed, and diagnoses and a key are provided. The male genitalia of Typopsilopa and Eleleides are described and figured, and a key based on the male genitalia is given for the seven known Old World species of Typopsilopa , four of which are described as new: one from Abyssinia, one from Madagascar, and two from Japan.