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03B987874913BB27DCA889C1ADE1FEEF.text	03B987874913BB27DCA889C1ADE1FEEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella Macquart 1851	<div><p>Blepharella Macquart, 1851</p><p>Blepharella Macquart, 1851, p. 176 . Type species: Blepharella lateralis Macquart, 1851</p><p>[also 1851: 203], by monotypy.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874913BB27DCA889C1ADE1FEEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874913BB26DC228867AD39FEF2.text	03B987874913BB26DC228867AD39FEF2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Isopexopsis Sun and Zhao 1994	<div><p>Isopexopsis Sun and Zhao, 1994, p. 480, syn. n.</p><p>Type species. Isopexopsis parafacialis Sun and Zhao, 1994 (= Pujolina leucaniae Chao and Jin, 1984), by original designation.</p><p>For other synonyms see Crosskey 1977: 672–673; Cantrell and Crosskey 1989: 776; O’Hara and Cerretti 2016: 128–129.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Male and female. Head dichoptic; eyes bare; ocellar setae absent; 2 reclinate orbital setae in male and female; 2 proclinate orbital setae in female; antenna with postpedicel at least 3 times as long as pedicel; arista bare.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, scutellum sometimes reddish on apical portion; 4 or 5 postpronotal setae, 3 basal setae set nearly in a straight line; 3 presutural and 3 postsutural acrostichal setae; 3 presutural and 4 postsutural dorsocentral setae; 1 presutural and 3 postsutural intra-alar setae; 3 postsutural supra-alar setae, 1st seta longer and stronger than 1st postsutural intra-alar and notopleural setae; prosternum usually haired on both side, rarely bare. Wing usually hyaline, rarely strongly darkened on basal area; basicosta black; 2nd costal sector bare below; wing veins bare except for base of vein R 4+5; cell r 4+5 open. Legs black in ground colour, tibiae sometimes reddish yellow, mid-tibia with 1–4 anterodorsal setae, pulvilli pale yellowish.</p><p>Abdomen with dorsal excavation of syntergite 1 + 2 extending to posterior margin; 4th tergite with a row of marginal setae; 5th tergite with rows of discal and marginal setae mixed with erect strong hairs; median discal setae indistinct on 3rd and 4th tergites; male 5th sternite with long inverted U-shaped posteromedian cleft, on almost posterior 5/6 of tergite.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth abdominal tergite reduced to 2 small hemitergites, without hairs; cerci in dorsal view narrowed from base to apex, apical 1/3 narrowly separated from each other; surstylus in lateral view shorter than cerci; epiphallus inclined posteriorly, low in height and rather long in length; distiphallus flat, without medio-ventral expansion.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite separated medially or entirely at least on basal 1/2; 7th tergite broadly separated into hemitergites; 7th sternite longer than 7th tergite, posteromedian portion well narrowed and expanded apically.</p><p>Remarks</p><p>The genus Blepharella appears to be similar to Takanomyia except for the hairy eyes, no ocellar setae, spinous setae simultaneously on the apical parts of the scutellum and apical portions of 3rd–5th abdominal tergites, and the facial ridge always with downcurved setae. The male terminalia of both species are similar in having the posteriorly directed low epiphallus and lacking medioventral expansion of the distiphallus. Stireman et al. (2019) noted that Blepharella is the sister to a monophyletic group Pales Robineau-Desvoidy + ( Palia Curran, 1927 + Datvia Richter, 1972) in their molecular-based phylogeny, though they did not include Takanomyia in their analysis. In the external morphology Pales, Palia and Datvia differ from Blepharella in having only 1 reclinate orbital seta, and the former two also differ in having hairy eyes and strong downcurved setae on the facial ridge.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874913BB26DC228867AD39FEF2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874912BB23DC248891ADDBFA96.text	03B987874912BB23DC248891ADDBFA96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella flavipicta Shima and Zhang 2025	<div><p>Blepharella flavipicta Shima and Zhang sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 1)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized goniine tachinid, with yellowish pruinose face and thoracic dorsum and dark abdomen; antenna black in male, sometimes pedicel reddish marginally in female; palpus reddish yellow; occiput with a row of black setulae; lateral scutellar seta single; apical scutellar setae longer than scutellum, crossed horizontally; tibiae black; mid-tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, among them 2 stronger submedian setae present; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres; abdomen without median discal setae on 3rd and 4th tergites; male with rather small sexual hair patches on venter of 4th tergite.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, CHINA / Sichuan, Yajiang / Shi, 2800–3100 23 August 1993. Lin [in Chinese characters] (IZCAS) . Paratypes: 6 males, 23 females, same locality and date as holotype, S . Lin, H. Shima and A. Nakanishi (BLKU, IZCAS, KIZ, KUM) .</p><p>Body length: 8.8–11.3 mm.</p><p>Male. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, lower margin of eye and postocular area with dense golden yellow pruinosity, face with pale yellowish pruinosity and genal dilation and occiput with dark greyish pruinosity; frontal vitta bright brown; antenna brown-black; palpus reddish yellow, weakly darkened basally. Vertex 0.25–0.27 of head width; frontal vitta about 1/2 of fronto-orbital plate; facial length in profile subequal to frontal length; face produced above vibrissal base by about 1/2 length of pedicel; parafacial about 1.5 times as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; gena 0.36–0.39 of eye height; occiput weakly bulged. Inner vertical seta about 3/5 of eye-height; outer vertical seta indistinct; 2 reclinate orbital setae, anterior seta slightly longer than posterior seta and about as long as inner vertical seta; 10–11 long frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with upper 1/4 of postpedicel; fronto-orbital plate with rather dense and long hairs which do not descend below frontal setae; parafacial without setae; vibrissa inserted about 1/2 length of pedicel above level of lower margin of face; facial ridge with several strong setae above vibrissa extending about 1/4 of facial length; occiput with 1–2 rows of black setulae behind a row of postocular setae. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; postpedicel 3.2–3.3 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/ 3, 2nd aristomere as long as wide. Palpus clavate, about as long as pedicel. Eye very sparsely short haired, distance between hairs at most 6 ommatidia.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, scutellum yellowish, with dense yellowish pruinosity on scutum and thin yellowish pruinosity on scutellum; pleura with thin greyish pruinosity. Prosternum with 2 fine hairs on each side; 4 postpronotal setae, 3 basal setae strong in a straight line; 2 discal scutellar setae as long as scutellum, between them 4 rather long suberect setae present; basal scutellar seta only slightly shorter than subapical scutellar seta and more than 2 times as long as scutellum; lateral scutellar seta single, 1.5 times as long as scutellum; apical scutellar seta slightly shorter than 1.5 times length of scutellum, crossed erectly; 3 katepisternal setae. Wing nearly hyaline; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 2:3.5:2; length of vein M 1 from crossvein dm-cu to bend subequal to that from bend and wing margin; crossvein dm-cu weakly concave, length of dm-cu about 1.25 times as long as last section of vein CuA 1. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 2–3 strong anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, of which sub-basal and submedian setae stronger; claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere.</p><p>Abdomen shining black; dorsum with thin whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/3 of 3rd tergite, 1/2 of 4th tergite and narrow anterior margin of 5th tergite, a broad median vitta present; venter with thin whitish pruinosity on at most anterior 1/3 of 3rd and 4th tergites and on anterior 1/2 of 5th tergite. Hairs rather dense long and erect on dorsum; syntergite 1 + 2 with a pair of median marginal setae about 2/3 as long as 3rd tergite; 3rd tergite with two pairs of median marginal setae, inner pair shorter than outer ones, and outer pair about as long as 4th tergite; 5th tergite with regular rows of discal and marginal setae; median discal setae absent on 3rd and 4th tergites; ventrolateral side of 4th tergite with weak sexual hair patches of short and appressed hairs; 5th sternite with a small projection on inner ventromedian portion of posterior lobe.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite separated into 2 small spherical hemitergites, without hairs; cerci in lateral view broad on basal area and narrowed on apical 1/3, evenly narrowed to weakly pointed apex, in dorsal view weakly narrowed from base to apex, weakly constricted near middle, apical 1/3 narrowly separated from each other; surstylus in lateral view nearly straight, evenly narrowed from base to apex, with dense and rather long hairs, shorter than cerci; dorsal arms of hypandrium rather long, fused with each other dorsally and narrowly separated on distal 1/2; pregonite rather long, with several hairs on posterior margin; epiphallus rather transparent on apical portion; distiphallus widely expanded on ventral portion in lateral view, with fine spinules.</p><p>Female. Mainly differing from male as follows: Antenna sometimes with scape and pedicel reddish yellow to brown especially on marginal area; vertex wide, 0.29–0.32 of head width; frontal vitta only weakly widened anteriorly, about 1/3 of frontal vitta at middle; outer vertical setae short but developed, at most 2/5 as long as inner vertical setae; 2 proclinate orbital setae, anterior seta about 1.5 times as long as posterior seta and 1.4 times as long as inner vertical seta; 5–8 frontal setae, lowest seta at level with apex of pedicel; gena about 0.33 of eye height; antenna with postpedicel about 2.5 times as long as pedicel; mid-tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 3 strong sub-basal to submedian setae among a regular and rather sparse row of anterodorsal setae; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; abdominal dorsum with thin whitish pruinosity on anterior 2/3 of 3rd tergite, anterior 3/4 of 4th tergite and lateral 1/2 of 5th tergite, mid dorsal longitudinal vitta rather narrow; 4th tergite without sexual hair patches; venter evenly with whitish pruinosity.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite separated into 2 quadrate hemitergites, with many strong hairs on posterior 1/2, about as long as 6th sternite; 6th abdominal spiracle on anteroventral corner of 6th tergite, 7th spiracle on ventromedian portion of 6th tergite; 6th sternite narrowed posteroventrally, with many strong hairs on entire length; 7th tergite broadly separated into elongate hemitergite, with rather short hairs on posterior 1/4, shorter than 6th tergite; 7th sternite narrowed posteroventrally, apex weakly rounded, longer than 6th sternite, with many short hairs on posterior 1/2; 8th tergite reduced to short hemitergite, without hairs; epiproct absent.</p><p>Egg. Length: ca. 0.2 mm. Round in form and brown in colour; chorion with distinct quadrate or pentagonal structures on lower portion, irregular quadrate structures on median portion and still small circular structures on upper portion; aeropylar structure small, surrounded with many small rounded structures; median area well swollen in lateral view.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is taken from the characteristic yellowish thorax of this species, with the Latin adjective ‘ flavus ’ (yellow) plus ‘ pictus ’ (painted).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Sichuan, Yajiang).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species and B. sichuana sp. n. are rather different from other members of Oriental and East Palearctic Blepharella in the wide gena and parafacial, the scutellum with several strong (but not spine-like) setae, strong apical scutellar setae and a single lateral scutellar seta. This species somewhat resembles Zenillia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, but differs from it in the ocellar setae absent, 2 (male) or 3 (female) anterodorsal setae on the mid-tibia and very sparsely haired eyes.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874912BB23DC248891ADDBFA96	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874917BB2FDC2A8C7BAFE5FDC9.text	03B987874917BB2FDC2A8C7BAFE5FDC9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella fuscibasis Shima and Zhang 2025	<div><p>Blepharella fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 2)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized shining black goniine; head and anterior 2/5 of presutural scutum with golden yellow pruinosity; occiput with a row of black setulae on upper 1/2; antenna black and palpus yellow; scutellum entirely black; apical scutellar setae fine and crossed erectly; wing base tinged with brown-black; mid-tibia with 3 anterodorsal setae in male, 4–5 in female; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres; abdomen shining black, dorsum with narrow whitish pruinose bands on 3rd and 4th tergites; male with sexual hair patches of dense fine hairs on venter of 4th abdominal tergite.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, CHINA / Yunnan, Simao Pr. / Jiangchen Dazhai / 1200 m, 12.iii./1995. H. Shima (IZCAS) . Paratypes, 1 male, 1 female, China, Shaanxi, Bridge 3 km NW Donghetai, 1500 m, 28 .vi .1997, H. Shima and A . Nakanishi; 3 males, Yunnan, same data as holotype (BLKU, KUM); 1 male, Nepal, Bagmati, Basantapur, 2300 m, 9 .v .1972, H. Shima (KUM) .</p><p>Body length: 8.3–9.5 mm.</p><p>Male. Fronto-orbital plate, parafacial and postocular area with golden yellow pruinosity; face with thin greyish pruinosity, gena and occiput with greyish white pruinosity; frontal vitta velvety brownish; antenna brown-black, palpus yellowish, weakly darkened near base. Vertex 0.19–0.21 of head width; frontal vitta widened anteriorly, about 5/8 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial narrowed below, about as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; lower margin of face weakly projecting beyond level of vibrissal base; gena 0.29–0.31 of eye height; occiput flat. Inner vertical seta slightly shorter than 1/2 of eye height; outer vertical seta absent; 2–3 reclinate orbital setae, if 3 then posterior setae smaller, anterior seta about 2/3 as long as inner vertical seta; 8–10 frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with apex of pedicel; fronto-orbital plate with 2–3 rows of short fine black hairs, which do not descend below frontal setae; vibrissa inserted above lower margin of face at most by 1/2 length of pedicel; facial ridge with several short setae and fine hairs at most on its lower 1/4; gena with dense short fine hairs, a few strong setae mixed with them on lower portion; occiput with a row of black setulae on upper portion. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; postpedicel about 3 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/3, 2nd aristomere slightly longer than wide. Palpus subequal in length to postpedicel.</p><p>Thorax including scutellum shining black in ground colour, apical margin of scutellum sometimes dark brownish; dorsum of postpronotal lobe and anterior 2/5 of presutural area of scutum, except three longitudinal vittae on anteromedian portion, with golden yellow pruinosity, pruinosity becoming thinner posteriorly; pleura with very thin greyish pruinosity. Prosternum with a rather long seta and some fine hairs on each side; postpronotal lobe with 4 setae, 3 posterior setae set in a straight line; basal scutellar seta slightly shorter than subapical seta and 1.5 times as long as scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta longer than anterior seta and slightly longer than scutellum; apical scutellar setae fine, hair-like, about 1/3 as long as scutellum, crossed suberectly; distance between subapical scutellar setae about 2/3 of that between subapical and basal scutellar setae; 3 katepisternal setae. Wing distinctly tinged with brown-black from base to end of vein R 1 between costa and vein M 1 from base to r-m crossvein, cells bm and cup, and lower calypter; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 3:4:2.5; length of vein M 1 from dm-cu crossvein to bend about 1.5 times distance between bend and wing margin. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 3 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a closely set row of anterodorsal setae, submedian strong seta absent among them; fore claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere.</p><p>Abdomen shining black, lateral portions of 3rd tergite sometimes reddish brown, dorsum with whitish pruinosity sometimes on anterior margin of 3rd tergite, anterior 1/ 4 (or less) of 4th tergite and anterolateral margin of 5th tergite, venter with whitish pruinosity on anteromedian and lateral marginal areas of 3rd tergite, anterior marginal area of 4th tergite, and anterior 1/2 of 5th tergite. Hairs on 3rd tergite short fine and recumbent, those on 4th tergite short and suberect on anterior 1/2 and long and erect on posterior 1/2, and rather strong and erect on 5th tergite; median marginal setae absent on syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite, or very fine at most 1/3 as long as following tergite on 3rd tergite; no median discal setae on 3rd and 4th tergites; 5th tergite with erect long median discal and median marginal setae mixed with strong bristle-like hairs; venter of 4th tergite with fine and long hairs of sexual hair patches occupying roundish posterior 2/3 of tergite; 5th sternite with deep inverted U-shaped median incision, anterior margin very narrow, posterior lobe without process.</p><p>Male terminalia. Cerci in lateral view rather broad and rounded apically, ventral margin straight with several hairs near apex, in dorsal view narrowed from base to basal 1/3, then nearly parallel-sided, apical 1/2 portion narrowly separated; surstylus in lateral view short and wide, narrowed at apical 1/3 and weakly curved ventrally, with dense hairs on ventrodistal 1/2; dorsal arms of hypandrium rather long and fused with each other; pregonite with several hairs on posterior margin; epiphallus inclined posteriorly; distiphallus with small spines on ventral margin.</p><p>Female. Mainly differing from male as follows: Vertex 0.24–0.25 of head width; frontal vitta about 5/6 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 2/3 length of pedicel, with apex of scape and marginal area of pedicel reddish yellow, postpedicel at most 2.8 times as long as pedicel; outer vertical seta hair-like, at most 1/3 as long as inner vertical seta; fronto-orbital plate with sparser hairs; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae strong; 7 frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with base of arista; parafacial well narrowed below, almost 2 times as wide as postpedicel at middle height; gena about 0.26 of eye height; postpronotum, presutural area of scutum, intra-alar region and anterior 1/4 of postsutural scutum with golden yellow pruinosity except areas of longitudinal vittae, pruinosity becoming thinner posteriorly especially on postsutural area; pleura with rather thin greyish white pruinosity; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; abdominal dorsum with greyish white pruinosity on anterolateral margin of 3rd and 5th tergites and on anterior 1/3 of 4th tergite except for narrow median vitta, venter with thin whitish pruinosity on 3rd to 5th tergite; syntergite 1 + 2 with a pair of short median marginal setae, about 1/3 as long as 3rd tergite; 3rd tergite with a pair of median marginal setae about 2/3 as long as 4th tergite.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite broadly separated into 2 nearly quadrate hemitergites, with dense long hairs on posterior 1/3; 6th abdominal spiracle on membrane of just anteroventral portion of 6th hemitergite, 7th spiracle on posteroventral portion of 6th tergite; 6th sternite as long as 6th hemitergites, with dense hairs on posterior 2/3; 7th tergite broadly separated into quadrate hemitergite, nearly as long as 6th tergite, with rows of fine short hairs on posterior 1/3; 7th sternite about 2 times as long as 7th tergite, narrowed posteriorly and roundly projected at apex, with many fine hairs on posterior 1/2; 8th tergite reduced to 2 small C-formed sclerites, posterior 1/2 broadened and rounded, without hairs; 8th sternite reduced to small quadrate sclerite, with short hairs on apical portion; epiproct dot-like; cerci short.</p><p>Egg. Length: 0.21–0.22 mm. Brown in colour, elliptic to round in form; chorion wholly covered with strong hexagonal ridges, ridges well recognisable in lateral view, many small punctures inside ridges, in dorsal view nearly barrel-like in form; aeropyle structure rounded, larger than each hexagonal area.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the characteristic feature of this species, the dark brown bases of the wings, from the Latin adjective ‘ fuscus ’ (dark), plus noun ‘ basis ’ (base).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Shaanxi, Yunnan), Nepal (Bagmati) .</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This is a distinct species easily distinguished from other members of this genus in having dark brown wing bases. This species appears to be similar to the Japanese species B. bomolocha Shima and Tachi sp. n. because of the dark body colour and resemblance of the male terminalia. Blepharipa fuscibasis and B. bomolocha are different, in addition to the dark brownish wing base of B. fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n., by the densely golden yellow pruinosity on the fronto-orbital plate, parafacial, upper postpronotal lobe and anterior 2/5 of the presutural scutum and parafacial distinctly shorter than parafacial in B. fuscibasis, whereas the parafacial is gradually whitish below and whitish yellow pruinosity on the postpronotal lobe and anterior 1/3 of presutural scutum in the male B. bomolocha, and facial length as long as fronto-orbital plate in the female of B. bomolocha .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874917BB2FDC2A8C7BAFE5FDC9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787491BBB28DC118BB9AD79FD8E.text	03B98787491BBB28DC118BB9AD79FD8E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella kinabalensis Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella kinabalensis Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 3)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A small shining black goniine without distinct pruinosity on thorax and abdomen; occiput with black setulae behind a row of postocular setae; palpus black; apical scutellar setae short and hair-like, at most 1/3 as long as scutellum; lower calypter dark brown; legs black; mid-tibia with 2 (male) or 3 (female) anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a rather regular row of anterodorsal setae, a submedian strong seta present among them; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere; abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair of median marginal setae, each about 1/2 as long as following tergites; male abdominal venter with small and short sexual hair patches.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, MALAYSIA: Sabah / Mt. Kinabalu / P. Head Q., 1000 m / 1–2.v.1979 / Leg. H. Kurahashi (BLKU) . Paratype 1 female, Borneo, Sabah, Mt . Kinabalu, 1300–2000 m, 6–7 . xi .1975, H. Shima (KUM) .</p><p>Male. Fronto-orbital plate to parafacial of lowest portion of frontal seta with dark greyish pruinosity; frontal vitta dark brown; parafacial from lowest portion of frontal seta to level of lower margin of eye with dark greyish yellow-brown pruinosity; face with dark greyish pruinosity; genal dilation, lower portion of facial ridge and occiput shining black except for narrow mid-central dark greyish portion; antenna and palpus dark brown to black. Frons at narrowest point about 0.18 of head width; frontal vitta weakly widened anteriorly, subequal in width to fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial about 2/3 as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; genal dilation almost entirely occupying gena, about 0.27 of eye height; facial ridge widened below on lower 1/3, with several strong hairs; vibrissal base slightly above level of lower margin of face; occiput flattened. Inner vertical seta 3/8 as long as eye height; outer vertical seta indistinct; 2 subequally long reclinate orbital setae, 2/3 as long as inner vertical seta; 9 frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with base of arista; fronto-orbital plate with 1–2 rows of fine short black hairs, which do not descend below frontal setae; parafacial bare; facial ridge with several strong hairs on lower 1/3, extending below to sub-vibrissal area and rather many strong and short setae; genal dilation with dense, strong hairs; occiput with a row of fine short black hairs behind a row of postocular setae. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; postpedicel about 2.5 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened at most on basal 1/3; 2nd aristomere shorter than wide. Palpus nearly cylindrical, weakly widened near middle, as long as postpedicel.</p><p>Thorax entirely brown-black in ground colour, with thin greyish brown pruinosity on dorsal part of postpronotal area. Prosternum with a long seta and several fine hairs on each side; 4 postpronotal setae, anterior seta short and 3 basal setae set in a straight line; distance between base of subapical scutellar setae about 1/2 as wide as that between basal and subapical setae of corresponding side; basal scutellar seta subequal in length to subapical seta, and about 2 times as long as scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta stronger than anterior seta and slightly longer than scutellum; apical scutellar setae fine, about 1/2 as long as scutellum crossing each other erectly; 3 katepisternal setae.Wing hyaline, weakly tinged with pale brown especially on basal portion and on anterior margin; upper and lower calypteres pale brown; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 2:3:1.5; length of vein M1 from crossvein dm-cu to bend about 2 times distance between bend and wing margin; crossvein dm-cu weakly sinuate, about 1.3 times as long as last section of CuA1. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a regular (but rather sparsely set) row of anterodorsal setae, a submedian strong seta distinct; claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen shining black, without pruinosity on dorsum and venter. Dorsa of 3rd and 4th tergites with rather long suberect to erect hairs; syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair of median marginal setae, at least 1/2 as long as following tergite; 5th tergite with rows of strong discal and marginal setae, hairs confined on anterior marginal area; venter with long and strong hairs except for dense short and decumbent hairs of sexual hair patches occupying posterior 3/4 and lateral 2/3 on 4th tergite; 5th sternum with deep median cleft, about posterior 1/6 of sternite, median membranous area about 1/3 of each side, posterior lobe with 3–4 long setae and several sparse hairs scattered around it.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite reduced to two small elliptic sclerites without hairs; syntergosternite short, about as long as epandrium at anteromedian portion, with scattered long hairs; cerci in lateral view narrowed from base to apical 1/5, then parallel-sided, apical 1/6 portion rather weakly curved dorsally, apex rounded, in dorsal view apical portion well separated from each other on apical 1/3; surstylus in lateral view shorter than cerci, nearly parallel-sided, apex rounded, evenly with long hairs; epiphallus short, inclined posteriorly; distiphallus with dorsal sclerite long extension; dorsal arms of hypandrium fully connected to each other; posterior margin of pregonite with 3 rather long hairs; postgonite shorter than pregonite, apically pointed; ejaculatory apodeme short.</p><p>Female. Differing from male as follows: Fronto-orbital plate and upper parafacial with shining dark brown pruinosity, lower part of parafacial, genal dilation and face with brownish pruinosity; occiput black; vertex 0.28–0.29 of head width; frontal vitta weakly widened anteriorly, only slightly narrower than fronto-orbital plate at middle; outer vertical seta weakly developed, at most 1/3 as long as inner vertical seta which is about 3/4 as long as eye height; anterior reclinate orbital seta about 3/4 as long as inner vertical seta, posterior reclinate orbital seta about 1/2 as long as inner vertical seta; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae present, about as long as anterior reclinate orbital seta; parafacial subequal in width to postpedicel; gena about 0.31 of eye height; antenna with postpedicel about 2.2 times as long as pedicel; palpus weakly paler at apical portion, clavate apically, subequal in length to postpedicel; mid-tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae, upper and lower setae shorter; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair of median marginal setae, each about 2/3 as long as following tergite; 4th tergite without sexual hair patches.</p><p>Body length: 7.2–7.7 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name is taken from the name of the mountain where the type specimen was collected, Mount Kinabalu.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Malaysia (Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This is a shining black species with black antenna and palpus and long male claws and pulvilli. This species resembles B. bomolocha and B. persimilis Shima, Zhang and Tachi sp. n. in general appearance, but is different in the male terminalia with the dorsally curved apex of the cerci.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787491BBB28DC118BB9AD79FD8E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787491CBB2BDCE88B6EAFADFC03.text	03B98787491CBB2BDCE88B6EAFADFC03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella lateralis Macquart. We 1851	<div><p>Blepharella lateralis Macquart, 1851</p><p>Figure 4 (A-C))</p><p>Blepharella lateralis Macquart, 1851, p. 177 . Holotype ♂ (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, not examined), by monotypy. Type locality: Puducherr [as Pondichérry], India), after Cantrell and Crosskey (1989: 776).</p><p>Blepharella tenuparafacialis Chao and Shi, 1982: 272 . Holotype ♂ (IZCAS, not examined). Type locality: Taiwan.</p><p>See other synonyms in Crosskey 1976: 234–235.</p><p>This species was described in detail by Mesnil (1952, p. 236–237) as B. munda . The male and female terminalia were described by Shima and Tachi (2019) and the details of examined specimens and some problems about the species are also noted there.</p><p>Zeegers and Majnon Jahromi (2015) recorded B. setigera Macquart from Middle East, the Palearctic Region (originally as B. setigena), which Crosskey (1984, p. 283) considered doubtfully distinct from B. lateralis Macquart. We have not examined B. setigera at this time, so the problem is left for further study.</p><p>Description of puparium</p><p>Length: 11–12 mm. A barrel-form, anterior margin slightly bigger than posterior margin; body segments 2–10 each with 5–6 rows of very fine and short anterior spinuli (not distinct in low magnifications); posterior spiracles raised from posterior surface by about 1/2 length of spiracle, and separated from each other by about width of spiracle; each spiracle with 3 raised bumps containing sinuated small slits on surface. (Taken from 1 male puparium, parasitising Pericyma cruegeri (Butler) ( Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) at Ngao, Thailand.)</p><p>Hosts. Lepidoptera: One species of Lymantriidae and eight species of Noctuidae are listed in Shima and Tachi (2019, p. 141).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Oriental and Australian regions (for details see Shima and Tachi 2019).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787491CBB2BDCE88B6EAFADFC03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787491FBB35DC318AFBAE2FFAE5.text	03B98787491FBB35DC318AFBAE2FFAE5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella leucaniae (Chao and Jin 1984)	<div><p>Blepharella leucaniae (Chao and Jin, 1984)</p><p>(Figure 4 (D–G))</p><p>Pujolina leucaniae Chao and Jin, 1984: 285 . Holotype ♂ (IZCAS, examined). Type locality: China, Yunnan, Longchuan, 950 m.</p><p>Isopexopsis parafacialis Sun and Chao, 1994: 482 . Holotype ♂ (IZCAS, examined). Type locality: China, Yunnan, Weixi, Lidiping, 3400 m. syn. n.</p><p>Pujolina leucaniae Chao and Jin: Chao, 1999: 1910.</p><p>Takanomyia parafacialis (Sun and Chao): O’Hara et al. 2009: 119 – O’Hara et al. 2020b: 919.</p><p>Blepharella leucaniae (Chao and Jin): Zhao, 2006: 906.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A large-sized goniine fly; head with yellowish pruinosity in male; antenna with scape and pedicel reddish yellow, sometimes darkened at median portions, postpedicel 3.3–3.5 times as long as pedicel in male, about 2.5 times in female; thorax with thin yellowish white pruinosity, 4 narrow longitudinal vittae; apical scutellar setae very fine hair-like, at most 2/3 as long as scutellum in male; tibiae yellowish, darkened basally and apically; hind tibia with a closely set row of anterodorsal setae, no submedian strong seta among them; abdominal venter without distinct sexual hair patches in male.</p><p>Redescription</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype male of Pujolina leucaniae Chao and Jin: Yunnan, Longchuan, 950 m, 26.iii.1981, Z. Jin [in Chinese characters] (ZICAS, examined) . Holotype male of Isopexopsis parafacialis Sun and Chao: Yunnan, Weixi, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.2&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.2/lat 27.2)">Lidiping</a>, 3400 m, 27.2°N, 99.2° E, 13.viii.1984 [in Chinese characters] (ZICAS) .</p><p>Additional material examined. China, Yunnan Prov., 3 males, Jinggu, Shengtaishan, 2100–2600 m, 19–23viii .1990, L. Su and H . Shima (IZCAS, KUM); 1 male, Dehong, Xima, 1700–2000 m, 13–14 .ix .1996, H. Shima (KUM) .</p><p>Male. Head with pale yellowish pruinosity; antenna brown-black in ground colour, with pedicel and scape reddish yellow, darkened medially, and base of postpedicel sometimes narrowly reddish; palpus reddish yellow. Frons 0.22–0.23 of head width; frontal vitta widened anteriorly, about 5/7 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial about 1.5 times as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; gena almost completely occupied by genal dilation and 0.34–0.35 of eye height; lower margin of face weakly produced forward by about 5/8 length of pedicel; occiput flattened. Inner vertical seta about 1/4 as long as eye height; fronto-orbital plate with dense long fine hairs, which do not descend below lowest frontal seta; 2 reclinate frontal setae, anterior seta slightly longer than posterior seta and slightly shorter than inner vertical seta; 8–9 frontal setae, lowest seta slightly below level of base of arista; parafacial bare; facial ridge with short setae and fine hairs on about 1/3 of lower portion; gena with fine dense short hairs, 3–4 longer hairs mixed on lower portion; occiput without black setulae on upper 3/5 behind row of postocular setae. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 1.5 times length of pedicel; postpedicel about 3.5 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/3; 2nd aristomere at most slightly longer than wide.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, scutellum brown to reddish yellow, darkened basally; scutum with rather thin pale yellowish grey pruinosity, 5 longitudinal vittae distinct, median vitta narrow and sometimes absent on presutural area; pleura with rather thin pale yellowish grey pruinosity. Scutum with dense fine short suberect hairs; scutellum somewhat stronger hairs, mixed with some fine short erect bristle-like hairs on posterior portion; prosternum with some fine erect long hairs on each side; 3 katepisternal setae; scutellum with basal scutellar seta slightly longer than subapical scutellar seta, and about 1.6 times as long as scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta stronger than anterior seta and about 1.2 times as long as scutellum; apical scutellar setae hair-like parallel-sided or absent, at most 1/2 as long as scutellum or absent; distance between subapical scutellar setae 1.7–1.8 times as long as that between basal and subapical scutellar setae of corresponding side. Wing hyaline, weakly tinged with pale brown basally and marginally; lower calypter pale yellowish white; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 2:2.5:1.5; length of vein M1 from dm-cu crossvein to bend only slightly more than distance between bend and wing margin; dm-cu crossvein weakly sinuate, about 1.5 times as long as last section of vein CuA1 from dm-cu crossvein to apex. Legs black including dark brownish anterior portion of fore tibiae and other portion of fore tibia and mid- and hind tibiae reddish yellow, darkened basally and apically; mid-tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a closely set comb-like row of anterodorsal setae, without submedian strong seta; claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen black in ground colour, anterolateral portions of 3rd and 4th tergites weakly reddish; dorsum with whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/2–1/3 of 3rd tergite and 1/2–3/5 of 4th and 5th tergites, median longitudinal vitta narrow and distinct. Hairs fine dense and suberect on 3rd and 4th tergites, erect and long on 5th tergite; syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair (rarely 2 pairs) of median marginal setae, at most 2/5 as long as following tergite; venter of 4th tergite without sexual hair patches; 5th sternite concave along anterior margin, median membranous area narrow, without any projection on inner margin of posterior lobe.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite reduced to very narrow and weakly sclerotised hemitergite, without hairs; cerci in lateral view dorsally enlarged at base, then inner margin weakly ridged dorsally and parallel-sided to narrowed apex, ridged area with dense long hairs, in dorsal view evenly narrowed to apex, apical 1/2 portions weakly separated from each other; surstylus in lateral view evenly narrowed from base to apex, with many long hairs; dorsal arms of hypandrium separated from each other; pregonite with several distinct setae on posterior margin.</p><p>Female. Unknown. Body length: 11.1–13.0 mm.</p><p>Host. Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Mythimna separata Walker (Chao and Jin, 1986, as Leucania separata).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Yunnan Prov.).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>O’Hara et al. (2009) mistakenly placed this species in Takanomyia Mesnil, 1957 . Although the genus resembles in many characters Takanomyia species, the latter has distinct downcurved setae on the parafacial. We think Pujorina leucaniae Chao and Jin and Isopexopsis parafacialis Sun and Chao are the same species judging from the description and figures made by these authors and from Shima’s own examination of the type specimens.</p><p>We have examined two females from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, which we first considered were females of B. leucaniae . These specimens have the wing base somewhat tinged with brown and facial structure slightly different from that of B. leucaniae . We postpone the assignment of these specimens to this species, until a corresponding male specimen can be found in this area.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787491FBB35DC318AFBAE2FFAE5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874901BB31DC268C77AD0CFD8B.text	03B987874901BB31DC268C77AD0CFD8B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella malayana Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella malayana Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 5)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A small- to medium-sized dark-coloured goniine; 2–3 reclinate orbital setae, anterior seta strongest; antenna and palpus usually brown-black; thoracic dorsum almost entirely shining black, at most with a faint brownish pruinosity on postpronotum, pleura with very thin dark greyish pruinosity; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae in both sexes; hind tibia with a rather sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, without a submedian strong seta among them in male, a sub-basal and a submedian strong setae in female; male claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; 3rd abdominal tergite without pruinosity and with a pair of strong median marginal setae in both sexes.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, MALAYSIA, Sabah / Crocker Range / Inobong / 2.ii.2006 / T. Tachi (ITBC) . Paratypes: 1 male, MALAYSIA, [Malaya], Ulogombach rd ., 30 km E. K. L., 20.x.1975, S. Shinonaga; 1 male, MALAYSIA, Sabah, Inobong, 4 .ii .2004, T. Tachi; 4 males 2 females, same locality as holotype (alt. 500 m), 2–5 .ii .2006, H. Shima and T. Tachi (BLKU, KUM); 1 female, MALAYSIA, Sabah, Crocker Range, Mahua (alt. 1000 m), 29 .i .2006, T. Tachi; 1 male 2 females, MALAYSIA, Sabah, Imbak expedition, Sandakan, 15–16 .v .2004, T. Tachi (BLKU, ITBC, KUM).</p><p>Male. Fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with yellowish pruinosity, fronto-orbital plate sometimes dark near upper portion; face, facial ridge and genal dilation with greyish pruinosity; occiput black on marginal portions and dark greyish on cento-median portion with yellowish pile; antenna brown-black and palpus dark brown sometimes with reddish brown on apical portion. Vertex, or narrowest portion of frons, 0.21–0.24 of head width; frontal vitta weakly widened anteriorly, about 2 times as wide as, or slightly less than, fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial narrowed below, about as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; face produced forward on lower margin, projection from base of vibrissa to margin of face in profile about 2/3 as long as pedicel; gena 0.22–0.25 of eye height, genal dilation occupying almost entire gena or slightly narrower; occiput flattened. Inner vertical seta slightly shorter than 1/2 of eye height; 2 reclinate orbital setae, sometimes 3, and 3/4 as long as inner vertical setae, when 3 setae present, then anterior 2 setae subequal in length and 3rd setae at most 2/3 as long as anterior seta; 6–9 frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with anterior apex of pedicel; fronto-orbital plate with 2–4 rows of fine rather long and dense hairs; vibrissa slightly above level of lower margin of face; facial ridge with short strong setae mixed with short hairs on lower 1/4; genal dilation with fine short and dense hairs, 1–2 longer hairs on anterior portion; occiput with a row of fine black hairs behind postocular setae on upper 1/2. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 4/5 length of pedicel; postpedicel 3.0–3.5 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/3; 2nd aristomere slightly longer than wide. Palpus weakly widened near middle, slightly shorter than postpedicel.</p><p>Thoracic dorsum, including scutellum, shining black without pruinosity except for postpronotal lobe on which posterior portion brownish pruinosity is sometimes found; pleura with very thin dark brownish pruinosity. Prosternum with several rather long hairs on each sides; basal scutellar seta as long as subapical seta, slightly shorter than 2 times length of scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior scutellar seta stronger than anterior seta and about 3/4 as long as scutellum; apical scutellar setae short, about 1/2 as long as scutellum, crossing each other erectly or suberectly; distance between bases of subapical scutelllar setae about 2/3 of that between basal and subapical setae of corresponding side. Wing hyaline, weakly tinged with pale brown basally and along costa and vein R1; calypters brownish; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 3:4.5:2.5; length of vein M1 from dm-cu crossvein to bend about 2.5 times distance between bend and wing margin; crossvein dm-cu weakly sinuate, about 1.5 times as long as last section of vein CuA1. Legs brown-black; pulvilli pale brown; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a rather closely set row of anterodorsal setae, a submedian strong seta absent; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen shining black in ground colour, sides of 3rd tergite sometimes weakly reddish brown; no pruinosity on dorsum of syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite; dorsum of anterior 1/4–3/5 of 4th tergite and 1/2–2/3 of 5th tergite with white pruinosity, pruinosity on 4th tergite sometimes very thin and almost disappearing on central portion, venter of anterior margin of 4th tergite and anterior 1/2–2/3 of 5th tergite with rather distinct pale yellowish white pruinosity. Hairs on dorsum dense rather strong and suberect to erect on 3rd and 4th tergites, stronger and erect on 5th tergite, venter with recumbent hairs on syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite and erect and strong on 5th tergite, very fine dense and recumbent sexual hair patches occupying posterior and lateral 3/4 of 4th tergite; syntergite 1 + 2 with a pair of median marginal setae 1/2–1/3 as long as 3rd tergite; 3rd tergite with a pair of strong median marginal setae 1/2–2/3 as long as 4th tergite; 5th tergite with regular rows of discal and marginal setae; 5th sternite with anterior margin well excavated near middle, median membranous portion wide and narrow; posteromedian excavation narrow inverted V-shaped, posterior lobe with several weak hairs on median portion and strong setae on posterior margin.</p><p>Male terminalia. Cerci in lateral view well curved ventrally beyond middle, apex rounded, in dorsal view well narrowed from base to basal 1/4, then nearly parallel-sided, apical 1/2 portion weakly separated from each other; surstylus in lateral view slightly wider than base of cerci, weakly narrowed to apex and weakly pointed at apex, with short fine hairs; dorsal arms of hypandrium widely separated from each other; pregonite wide, without hair marginally; epiphallus rather broad.</p><p>Female. Differing from male as follows: Vertex 0.23–0.25 of head width; outer vertical seta developed, about 2/3 as long as inner vertical setae; anterior reclinate orbital seta about 1.5 times as long as posterior seta; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae, about 2/3 as long as anterior reclinate orbital seta; 5–6 frontal setae; frontal vitta only slightly widened anteriorly, about 2/5 as wide as fronto-orbital plate; parafacial slightly narrower than postpedicel at mid-height; postpedicel 3.0–3.3 times as long as pedicel; hind tibia with more sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, a stronger subdorsal and submedian setae present among them; abdominal dorsum with whitish pruinosity on anterior 2/3 of 4th tergite and 2/3–4/5 of 5th tergite; venter of 4th tergite without sexual hair patches.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite rather broadly separated into 2 hemitergites, with 1–2 rows of setae on posterior margin, about 2/3 as long as 6th sternite; 6th abdominal spiracle on anteroventral margin of 6th tergite and 7th spiracle on posteroventral portion of 6th tergite; 6th sternite with rather sparse setae on posterior 1/2; 7th tergite widely separated into 2 long and narrow hemitergites, slightly longer than 6th tergite, with 1–2 rows of fine short setae on posterior margin; 7th sternite slightly longer than 7th tergite, medioventrally projected, with several short setae on posterior 1/2; 8th tergite reduced to 2 ‘C’-formed hemitergites, about 1/3 as long as 7th tergites, without hair; 8th sternite absent; epiproct absent; cerci small and short.</p><p>Egg. Length: 0.15–0.16 mm. Brown in colour and rounded; in dorsal view chorion with strong and large pentagonal or hexagonal ridges covering most of surface, ridges well recognisable and with short pubescence on lower portion; small punctuations in ridges; aeropylar structure as large as pentagonal or hexagonal ridges, separated by small ridges.</p><p>Body length: 5.7–8.9 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name is taken from the country name of the collecting place for this species, Malaysia.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Malaysia (Malaya and Sabah).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species resembles B. kinabalensis Shima and Tachi sp. n., but differs from it in having distinctly pruinose 4th and 5th abdominal tergites. This species is also similar to B. bomolocha and B. fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n., in the structure of the male terminalia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874901BB31DC268C77AD0CFD8B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874905BB32DC118B65AD3EFB3F.text	03B987874905BB32DC118B65AD3EFB3F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella meridionalis Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella meridionalis Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 6)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized goniine; antennal scape and pedicel reddish brown; occiput without black setulae behind postocular setae; palpus yellowish; scutum black in ground colour, with whitish or pale yellowish grey pruinosity, scutellum reddish yellow on apical 1/2, with greyish white pruinosity; apical scutellar setae very fine, hair-like, crossed horizontally; tibiae all black; 3–4 anterodorsal setae on mid-tibia; hind tibia with a closely set comb-like row of anterodorsal setae, without a submedian strong seta; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres; abdominal dorsum with whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/2 of 3rd tergite, 2/3 of 4th and 3/4 of 5th tergites; male 4th abdominal venter with fine dense short sexual hair patches.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, INDIA / Karnataka St. / Bandipur (900–/ 1200 m), 5.x.1993, H. Shima (BLKU) . Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype, except collector, H . Kurahashi; 1 male, Thailand, Kanchana Brui, Sai Yok (500 m), 9–13 .xii .1975, W. Tumrasvin (all in KUM).</p><p>Male. Head with whitish pruinosity, pale yellowish white on fronto-orbital plate and upper parafacial; antenna brown-black, reddish yellow on anterior margin of scape and on broad marginal area of pedicel; palpus reddish yellow, weakly darkened basally. Vertex 0.21–0.24 of head width; frontal vitta about 2/3 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial subequal in width to postpedicel at mid-height; gena 0.32–0.34 of eye height; lower margin of face only slightly produced forward, almost same level as base of vibrissa. Fronto-orbital plate with very fine short hairs, which do not descend below lowest frontal seta; inner vertical seta strong, about 2/5 as long as eye height; outer vertical seta indistinct; 2 reclinate orbital setae, anterior seta stronger than posterior seta and 2/5 of eye height; 8 frontal setae, lowest seta well below level of base of arista and almost level of mid-height of parafacial; vibrissa nearly above level of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; facial ridge with rather strong short downcurved setae on about lower 1/4; gena with genal dilation about 9/10 of entire height and having very short fine hairs, 1–2 rows of lower marginal hairs slightly longer; occiput weakly bulged, without black setulae behind row of postocular setae on upper 2/3. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 4/5 length of pedicel; postpedicel about 4 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/3, 2nd aristomere shorter than wide. Palpus clavate, about 4/5 as long as postpedicel.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, with dense pale yellowish grey pruinosity on dorsum, greyish pruinosity on pleura; scutellum reddish on apical 1/2; 5 longitudinal vittae on scutum, median vitta very narrow on presutural scutum and rather broad inner and outer vittae; basal scutellar seta slightly longer than subapical seta and about 1.5 times as long as scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta slightly longer than anterior seta and about 1.3 times as long as scutellum; apical scutellar setae very fine hair-like, 1/3 as long as scutellum and crossed horizontally; several hairs among discal scutellar setae rather strong and erect. Wing hyaline, basal portion weakly darkened; relative lengths of costal sector 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 4:5:3.5; length of vein M1 from dm-cu crossvein to bend about 1.5 times distance between bend and wing margin; crossvein dm-cu straight, about 1.5 times as long as last section of vein CuA1. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 3–4 anterodorsal setae, upper setae shorter than lower setae; hind tibia with a closely set row of comb-like anterodorsal setae, without submedian strong anterodorsal seta; claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen black in ground colour, weakly reddish on lateral portions of 3rd and 4th tergites, dorsum with dense greyish pruinosity on anterior 1/2 of 3rd tergite, 2/3 of 4th and 3/4 of 5th tergites, median longitudinal vitta narrow but distinct on 3rd to 5th tergites; venter with whitish pruinosity on anteroventral portions of syntergite 1 + 2 to 5th tergites and anterior margins of 3rd–5th tergites. Hairs on abdomen fine, dense and short of 3rd and 4th tergites, longer and erect on 5th tergite; venter of 4th tergite with dense fine short and recumbent sexual hair patches occupying posterior 4/5 of tergite; syntergite 1 + 2 with a pair of fine short median marginal setae, at most 1/3 as long as 3rd tergite; 3rd tergite with a pair of rather strong median marginal setae, at most 2/5 as long as 4th tergite.</p><p>Male terminalia. Cerci in lateral view rather broad, apex weakly curved ventrally, in dorsal view strongly narrowed on basal 1/4 and weakly widened to posterior 1/4, then narrowed to posterior apex, narrowly separated from each other on apical 1/2; surstylus broad in lateral view, narrowed at basal 2/3 to weakly pointed apex; dorsal arms of hypandrium fused narrowly separated on basal 1/3 then fused to apex; postgonite rather narrow, as long as pregonite; epiphallus inclined to basiphallus; distiphallus with dense short spinules on apical portion.</p><p>Female. Differing from male as follows: Antenna with scape and pedicel more broadly reddish; vertex 0.27–0.28 of head width; inner vertical seta about 1/2 as long as eye height; outer vertical about 1/2 as long as inner vertical seta; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae, about 1.5 times as long as reclinate orbital setae; frontal vitta weakly widened anteriorly, about 1/3 as wide as fronto-orbital plate at middle; 7 frontal setae, lowest seta level with base of arista; facial ridge with only a few strong setae above vibrissa; antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 2/3 lengths of pedicel; postpedicel 2.5–2.6 times as long as pedicel; palpus club-like, curved dorsally, about as long as postpedicel; mid-tibia with 4 anterodorsal setae, upper and lower setae finer than others; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; venter of abdomen evenly with whitish pruinosity; hairs on abdominal dorsum rather sparser on 3rd and 4th tergites, erect and stronger on 5th tergite; a pair of median marginal setae each on syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite, about 1/2 as long as following tergite; venter of 4th tergite without sexual hair patches.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite separated only halfway to posterior margin, with 2 or 3 rows of dense long setae on posterior margin; 6th abdominal spiracle on anteroventral margin of 6th tergite and 7th spiracle on posteroventral portion of 6th tergite; 6th sternite slightly longer than 6th tergite, with dense long hairs on posterior 1/2; 7th tergite broadly separated into 2 hemitergites, lower margin rounded, with 2–3 rows of fine long hairs on posterior margin; 7th sternite about 1.5 times as long as 7th tergite, ventromedian portion well expanded on posterior 1/3, with dense short hairs on posteroventral 2/3; 8th tergite strongly reduced to two short and rather wide hemitergites, broadened ventrally, without hairs; 8th sternite reduced to a small quadrate sclerite, with several very short hairs; epiproct very small, dot-like; cerci short and wide.</p><p>Egg. Length: 1.8–1.9 mm. Dark brownish; elliptic in form, anterior portion narrowed; chorion with small punctuations marginally and weak quadrate or pentagonal ridges found around most of median portion, ridges weakly developed and sometimes overlooked; aeropylar structure large.</p><p>Body length: 10.2–12.3 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name refers to the southern part of Asia, from the Latin adjective ‘ meridionalis ’ (southern).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>India (Karnataka, Bandipur), Thailand (Kanchana Bri).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species is rather similar to B. leucaniae in general appearance, but differs from it in the tibiae all black and the male terminalia without distinct hair fascicles on the dorsal surface of the cerci.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874905BB32DC118B65AD3EFB3F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874906BB3FDC708DE0AD13FC54.text	03B987874906BB3FDC708DE0AD13FC54.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella persimilis Shima, Zhang and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella persimilis Shima, Zhang and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 7)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized blackish goniine; fronto-orbital plate with yellowish pruinosity which contrasts to the whitish pruinose face and parafacial; antenna mainly black in ground colour; palpus reddish yellow; thorax black in ground colour with whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/3 of presutural area of scutum; scutellum black or dark brownish; mid-tibia with 3 anterodorsal setae in male, 4 in female; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres; abdominal dorsum with rather thin whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/3 of 4th tergite and anterolateral margin of 5th tergite in male, anterior 1/3 of 3rd tergite and anterior 3/4 of 4th in female; syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite usually without median marginal setae in male, 3rd tergite with a pair of median marginal setae in female.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male. CHINA / Yunnan, Xishuang-/banna, Xiaomeng- /yang, 4.x.1989, H. Shima (IZCAS) . Paratypes, 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Meng-man, 800 m, 11 .x .1989, H. Shima; 4 males, 2 females, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, 3–5 . viii .1990, S. Lin and H . Shima (BLKU, KUM, KIZ) ; 1 female, NEPAL, Kathmandu,</p><p>Kathmandu Valley, Dakushinkali, 26 .vii .1992, R. Kano (KUM); 1 female, Thailand, NE Chiangmai, Doi Suthep, 1278 m, 29 .iii–4 .v.1958, T.C. Maa (BPBM) .</p><p>Other specimens examined: 1 male (abdomen missing, terminalia glued on a pin with specimen), CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 500–700 m, 6–9 .viii .1990, H. Shima; 1 female, China, Simao, 15 km E Jing-gu, 900 m, 17 .viii .1990, H. Shima (KUM) .</p><p>Male. Differing from B. fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n. as follows: Fronto-orbital plate and upper half of postocular area with dense yellow pruinosity, parafacial, face, lower half of postocular area and occiput with dense whitish pruinosity, genal dilation with dense greyish pruinosity; antenna brown-black, marginal area of scape and pedicel and base of postpedicel sometimes reddish; vertex 0.19–0.23 of head width, frontal vitta subequal in width to, of slightly narrower than, fronto-orbital plate at middle; gena 0.24–0.25 of eye height; occiput without black setulae on upper 1/2 of occiput; thoracic dorsum with whitish pruinosity on presutural area and anterior 1/3 of postsutural scutum, pruinosity fading posteriorly, 4 longitudinal vittae distinct; wing without distinct tinge on basal area; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae in male and 4 in female; hind tibia without submedian strong setae on closely set row of anterodorsal setae in male, a strong seta in female; syntergite 1 + 2 without median marginal setae in male and female, 3rd tergite usually without median marginal setae in male and a pair of strong setae in female; 5th sternite weakly constricted near median 1/3 of anterior margin, with broad median cleft, lateral lobe with several long hairs on outer margin, without distinct projection.</p><p>Male terminalia. Similar to those of B. fuscibasis Shima and Tachi. sp. n.; 6th tergite separated into 2 rather large hemitergites, without hairs; cerci in lateral view nearly straight, anterior portion weakly swollen ventrally, in dorsal view weakly narrowed from base to apex, apical 3/5 narrowly separated from each other; surstylus in lateral view nearly long triangular in form, nearly straight, with many long fine hairs; dorsal arms of hypandrium separated from each other; pregonite narrow, with several fine hairs on posterior margin; epiphallus rather weakly sclerotised apically, inclined posteriorly.</p><p>Female. Differing from male as follows: Frons wider, 0.22–0.24 of head width; frontal vittae narrower, about 5/8 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; outer vertical setae developed, about 1/2 as long as inner vertical seta; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae, about 3/4 as long as inner vertical seta; gena 0.25–0.26 of eye height; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; 3rd abdominal tergite with a pair of rather small (about 1/2 as long as 4th tergite) median marginal setae; 4th abdominal tergite without sexual hair patches.</p><p>Female terminalia. Sixth tergite broadly separated at middle, with strong setae on posterior 1/3; 6th abdominal spiracle on anteroventral corner of 6th tergite and 7th spiracle on posteroventral 1/3 of 6th tergite; 6th sternite 2/3 as long as 7th sternite; 7th tergite broadly separated into rather rounded quadrate hemitergites, smaller than 6th tergite, with several rather fine hairs on posterior margin; 7th sternite well narrowed posteriorly with a prolongation on posteroventral margin, with many fine hairs on posterior 2/3; 8th tergite reduced to short and C-shaped hemitergites, lower portion broadened, without hairs; 8th sternite reduced to a small quadrate sclerite, with fine short hairs on marginal 1/3; epiproct strongly reduced to a pair of dot-like sclerites, without hair; cerci short.</p><p>Egg. Length: 0.20–0.21 mm. Dark brownish; almost roundish; chorion with strong pentagonal and hexagonal ridges and small punctuations within ridges; aeropylar structure with some small ridges in anterior portion of egg.</p><p>Body length: 9.2–10.1 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>This species is very similar in colour and general appearance to the Japanese B. bomolocha Shima and Tachi, Southeast Asian B. fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n., and B. flavipicta Shima and Zhang sp. n., and so is named using the Latin prefix ‘ per ’ (very) plus the adjective ‘ similium ’ (similar).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>China (Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna), Nepal, Thailand (Chiangmai).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species closely resembles B. bomolocha, B. fuscibasis Shima and Zhang sp. n. and B. malayana Shima and Zhang sp. n., but differs from them by the wing base not darkened and thoracic pruinosity not yellow but whitish, occiput white and lacking black setulae behind the post ocellar setae, and the features of the male cerci and surstylus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874906BB3FDC708DE0AD13FC54	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787490BBB39DC398D3AAF36FBD3.text	03B98787490BBB39DC398D3AAF36FBD3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella setifrons Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella setifrons Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 8)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A small black goniine without pruinosity on thorax and abdomen; male with wide frons and basal 1/2 parafacial hairy and claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomere; scutellar dorsum black except for dorsal area of postpronotal area; abdomen black except narrowly reddish lateral area of 3rd and 4th abdominal tergites and 5th tergite with greyish pruinosity on anterior 1/2–1/3; mid-tibia with 3 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with rather long and sparsely set anterodorsal setae; abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair of median marginal setae; male 4th abdominal venter with sexual hair patches of short hairs and quadrate in form.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, BORNEO/ Mt. Kinabalu /(1300 m) SABAH / 9-11.xi.1973 / H. Shima (BLKU).</p><p>Male. Closely resembling B. malayana Shima and Tachi sp. n., but differing as follows: Fronto-orbital plate with dark greyish pruinosity; parafacial, face and genal dilation with greyish pruinosity; gena below eye and lower anterior portion of parafacial reddish brown; vertex 0.24–0.25 of head width; frontal vitta about 1/2 as wide as fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial narrowed below, 1.2–1.3 times as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; gena about 0.28 of eye height; inner vertical seta about 2/3 of eye height; 3 reclinate orbital setae, anterior seta strongest and about 3/4 as long as inner vertical setae; 9–10 frontal setae, lowest seta nearly level with anterior apex of pedicel; fronto-orbital plate with 3–4 rows of long and dense hairs; vibrissa slightly above level of lower margin of face; facial ridge with short strong setae mixed with short hairs on lower 2/3; genal dilation with rather long and dense hairs; antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; postpedicel about 3.2 times as long as pedicel. Thoracic dorsum except for brownish apex of scutellum shining black, without pruinosity except for dorsal area of postpronotal lobe with greyish white pruinosity; wing hyaline, weakly tinged with pale brown basally; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 3:5:3; mid-tibia with 2–3 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a rather sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, a submedian strong seta absent. Abdomen with no pruinosity on dorsa of syntergite 1 + 2, 3rd and 4th tergites, and posterior 1/2 of 5th; dorsa of anterolateral margin of 4th tergite and anterior 1/2–2/3 of 5th tergite with white pruinosity; abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite each with a pair of median marginal setae, 1/2 as long as following tergite; 5th sternite with anterior margin weakly excavated near middle, median membranous portion wide and narrow; posteromedian excavation inverted U-shaped, posterior lobe with several weak hairs on median portion and strong setae on posterior margin.</p><p>Male terminalia. Cerci in lateral view strongly swollen near apex, not well curved ventrally; surstylus in lateral view well wider than base of cerci, narrowed to apex and weakly pointed at apex; dorsal arms of hypandrium widely separated from each other; epiphallus broad; dorsal sclerite of distiphallus elongate, about 1.5 times as long as ventral sclerite.</p><p>Female. Unknown. Body length: ca. 7.6 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet is taken from the hairy head of this species, the Latin noun ‘ seta ’ (hair) plus noun ‘ frons ’ (face).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Malaysia (Sabah).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species closely resembles B. malayana Shima and Tachi sp. n. in general appearance, but is easily distinguished from it in having the wide frons and well setulose facial ridge. The broad susrstylus and elongate dorsal sclerite of the aedeagus in this species are also different from those of B. malayana Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787490BBB39DC398D3AAF36FBD3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787490DBB3ADC268D90A860FE66.text	03B98787490DBB3ADC268D90A860FE66.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella sichuana Shima and Zhang 2025	<div><p>Blepharella sichuana Shima and Zhang sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 9)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A medium-sized dark goniine; head with greyish white pruinosity; vertex wide, 0.27–0.28 of head width; parafacial wide, 1.3–1.5 times as wide as postpedicel; antenna brown-black; palpus dark reddish brown; apical scutellar seta longer than scutellum, crossed suberectly; thoracic dorsum with thin greyish pruinosity; calypteres pale yellowish white; hind tibia with sparsely set dorsocentral setae, a strong subapical and submedian setae distinct among them; abdomen black, with thin whitish pruinosity on dorsa of 3rd and 4th tergites; male 4th abdominal tergite with rather weak sexual hair patches on ventrolateral portions.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male. CHINA / Sichuan, Kangding / Xiang, Yulin, 3000/m, 20.viii.1993 / H. Shima (IZCAS) . Paratype 1 male, China, Sichuan, Songpan Xiang, Huan-shang (2800 m), 8 . viii .1993, H. Shima (KUM) .</p><p>Male. Fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with pale yellowish grey pruinosity; face with greyish white pruinosity; gena and occiput with greyish pruinosity; antenna brown-black; palpus dark reddish brown. Vertex 0.27–0.28 of head width; parafacial 1.3–1.5 times as wide as postpedicel at mid-height; face warped forward, distance between base of vibrissa and apex of lower margin of face in profile slightly less 1/2 length of pedicel; gena 0.35–0.38 of eye height; occiput weakly bulged. Inner vertical seta more than 2/3 of eye height; outer vertical seta indistinct; 2 reclinate orbital setae, anterior seta slightly stronger than posterior seta and about 2/3 as long as inner vertical seta; 10–12 frontal setae; fronto-orbital plate with fine long and rather dense hairs, not descending below lowest frontal seta; facial ridge with short setae on lower 1/4; gena with rather dense and long hairs, 2–3 longer setae mixed on antero-lower portion; occiput with a row of short black setulae behind a row of postocular setae on upper 1/2. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about 2/3 length of pedicel; postpedicel 3.0–3.5 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/4, 2nd aristomere slightly shorter than wide. Palpus weakly widened beyond middle, narrowed apically, subequal in length to postpedicel.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, scutellum reddish yellow on apical 1/3–1/2; thoracic dorsum with whitish-grey pruinosity, pruinosity dense on postpronotal lobe and anterior margin, then faded posteriorly and almost indistinct beyond posterior 1/3 of postsutural scutum, pleura with thin greyish pruinosity; 4 rather wide longitudinal vittae distinct on presutural area of scutum and anterior 1/2 of postsutural scutum, width of pruinose portion between inner and outer vittae on postsutural scutum subequal in width to outer vitta. A pair of suberect discal scutellar setae, slightly longer than scutellum, 3–5 slightly shorter erect setae present between discal scutellar setae; basal scutellar setae subequal in length to subapical setae, only slightly shorter than twice length of scutellum; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta distinctly longer than anterior seta and about 1.2 times as long as scutellum; apical scutellar setae strong, 1.5 times as long as scutellum, crossed suberectly; distance between bases of subapical scutellar setae subequal to that between basal and subapical setae of corresponding side; prosternum with some fine hairs on both sides. Wing hyaline, evenly tinged with pale brown; lower calypter whitish, margined with pale yellow; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 2:3:1.5; crossvein dm-cu weakly sinuate, only slightly longer than last section vein CuA1. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 3–5 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with sparsely set row of anterodorsal setae, subapical, submedian and sub-basal setae stronger than others; claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen shining black, with rather thin whitish pruinosity on anterior 1/2–2/3 dorsal portion of 3rd and 4th tergites and sometimes antero-lateral portion of 5th tergite, pruinosity fading posteriorly on each tergite; venter with very thin whitish pruinosity on syntergite 1 + 2, 3rd and 5th tergites; ventrolateral 2/3 of 4th tergite with fine, short and rather sparse sexual hair patches; hairs on 3rd and 4th tergites dense short suberect to erect, those on 5th tergite longer, stronger and more erect; syntergite 1 + 2 with a pair of median marginal setae of almost 2/3 length of 3rd tergite; 3rd tergite with 1–2 pairs of median marginal setae, if 2 pairs present, then outer pair stronger and slightly longer than 4th tergite; 5th tergite with rather regularly set rows of discal and marginal setae and with some strong and erect hairs; 5th sternite with a distinct median excavation of anterior margin; median membranous area rather strongly curved posteriorly, median cleft narrow inverted V-shaped, lateral process with 1–2 strong hairs on posterior margin and some short hairs on inner margin and posterior portion.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite reduced to very small hemitergites and very weakly sclerotised, sometimes indistinguishable; cerci in lateral view very weakly curved ventrally near apex, in dorsal view weakly narrowed to apex, narrowly separated from each other on apical 2/5; surstylus in lateral view broad at basal 3/4, then weakly narrowed to apex, with many fine short hairs on ventral 1/2; dorsal arms of hypandrium fused with each other, posterior 1/2 narrowly separated; pregonite short, with several hairs on posterior margin; epiphallus weakly sclerotised on ventrodistal portion; distiphallus separated from narrow dorsal sclerite and broad basal plates.</p><p>Female. Unknown. Body length: 8.8–9.8 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The name is taken from the collecting area of the type species, Sichuan Province, China .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Oriental China (Sichuan).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Except for the colour of the body pruinosity, this species resembles B. flavipicta Shima and Zhang sp. n. in the body structure. The male terminalia of this species resemble those of B. flavipicta Shima and Zhang sp. n., but differ from the latter in the nearly parallel-sided cerci in dorsal view and broad ventral margin of the surstylus in lateral view. These,including the difference of the body pruinosity, are enough to consider these two different species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787490DBB3ADC268D90A860FE66	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B98787490EBB04DC268B08AE0DFF6D.text	03B98787490EBB04DC268B08AE0DFF6D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella tenebrosa Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella tenebrosa Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 10)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A small blackish goniine; head with dark greyish to greyish pruinosity; vertex 0.19–0.20 of head width; parafacial subequal in width to postpedicel at middle height; antenna dark brown, postpedicel about 3 times as long as pedicel; palpus dark brown, cylindrical; thoracic dorsum shining black, without pruinosity except on dorsal area of postpronotal lobe with brownish pruinosity; mid-tibia with 2–3 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 2 stronger setae among a rather closely set row of anterodorsal setae; male fore claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere; male with sexual hair patches on 4th abdominal venter.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male. THAILAND / Doi Suthep / Chiang Mai / 18.xii.1975 / H. Shima leg. (BLKU).</p><p>Male. Closely resembling B. kinabalensis Shima and Tachi sp. n., but differing as follows: Head with slightly pale yellowish grey pruinosity on parafacial; vertex 0.19–0.20 of head width; parafacial narrowed below, subequal in width to postpedicel at mid-height; antenna dark brown, postpedicel about 3 times as long as pedicel; 2nd aristomere about 2 times as long as wide. Thoracic dorsum shining black, dorsal portion of postpronotal area, narrow posterior portion of postpronotal area and notopleuron with thin dark brownish pruinosity; prosternum with only fine hairs on each side; distance between bases of subapical scutellar setae only slightly shorter than that between subapical and basal setae of corresponding side; lower calypter pale brown; relative lengths of 2nd, 3rd and 4th costal sectors approximately 3:4:2.5; length of dm-cu crossvein about 2 times length of ultimate section of vein CuA1; mid-tibia with 1–2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 2 strong anterodorsal setae (each inserted separately) among a row of rather separated anterodorsal setae. Abdominal dorsa of 3rd and 4th tergites with rather short and suberect hairs, 5th tergite with sparse and erect hairs on especially anterior 1/2 of tergite and rows of long and erect anterior and posterior dorsal setae on anterior 1/2 and apical portions.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite separated into 2 wide triangular hemitergites, without hairs; cerci in dorsal view nearly parallel-sided and apical 1/3 rather widely separated, in lateral view rather broad and weakly curved dorsally at apex; surstylus in lateral view broad, well narrowed to pointed apex, with many rather long hairs; epiphallus rather broad and short, on dorso-apical portion of basiphallus; distiphallus with long and narrow dorsal sclerite, almost 2/3 of length of ventral sclerite.</p><p>Female. Unknown. Body length: ca. 8.2 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the dark colour of this species, with the Latin adjective ‘ tenebrosus ’ (dark).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Thailand (Doi Suthep).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species appears to be similar to B. kinabalensis Shima and Tachi sp. n. in general appearance and the male terminalia, but differs from it by the wide parafacial, longer 2nd aristomere, 4th and 5th abdominal tergites each with a pair of narrow whitish anterodorsal pruinose bands on anterior margins, and the male surstylus longer and well narrowed to the apex. Both species have the male cerci curved dorsally on apex and dorsal apex of the distiphallus very much elongated.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B98787490EBB04DC268B08AE0DFF6D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874930BB06DC1A8805AFCAFC4C.text	03B987874930BB06DC1A8805AFCAFC4C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella vietnamensis Shima and Tachi 2025	<div><p>Blepharella vietnamensis Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>(Figure 11)</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A large greyish goniine; head with whitish pruinosity; vertex about 1/4 of head width; gena about 1/3 of eye height; upper occiput without black setulae behind postocular setae; palpus yellowish; thorax with whitish grey pruinosity, 4 longitudinal vittae, outer vittae broad and inner ones narrow; apical scutellar setae very fine, hair-like, crossed suberectly; 3 katepisternal setae; wing hyaline, slightly darkened basally; tibiae black; hind tibia with a very closely set comb-like row of anterodorsal setae, without a submedian strong seta; male claws and pulvilli shorter than 5th tarsomeres; male 4th abdominal venter with dense fine and broad sexual hair patches.</p><p>Description</p><p>Holotype male, VIETNAM, Son La /Prov., E of Ban / Song, Dao Cao Pha / 420 m, 7.vi.1999 / Col. H. Kurahashi (BLKU).</p><p>Male. Head with whitish pruinosity, fronto-orbital plate and upper postorbit weakly pale yellowish; occiput with whitish pruinosity; antenna brown-black; palpus reddish yellow, weakly darkened basally. Vertex about 1/4 of head width; frontal vitta widened anteriorly, about 5/8 of fronto-orbital plate at middle; parafacial narrowed below, about 3/5 width of postpedicel at mid-height; gena about 1/3 of eye height; face weakly excavated, lower margin only slightly curved forward beyond vibrissal base; occiput flattened. Inner vertical seta about 3/5 of eye height; outer vertical seta indistinct; 2 subequally long reclinate orbital setae, about 2/3 as long as inner vertical seta; 10–11 frontal setae; fronto-orbital plate with dense fine short hairs, not descending below lowest frontal seta; facial ridge with long lower and short upper setae on lower 1/3; vibrissa inserted above lower margin of face by about 1/2 length of pedicel; genal dilation occupying almost 1/10 of gena, with dense short hairs mixed with some stronger hairs on anteroventral portion; occiput with 1–2 rows of fine short black hairs on lower 1/2, without such hairs on upper 1/2. Antenna falling short of lower margin of face by about length of pedicel; postpedicel about 2.7 times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 1/3, 2nd aristomere nearly as long as wide. Palpus clavate, about as long as pedicel.</p><p>Thorax black in ground colour, apical portion of scutellum narrowly reddish, with rather dense greyish white pruinosity, denser on postpronotal area and lateral portion of presutural scutum, pleura with rather dense greyish pruinosity; broad lateral and narrow inner vittae distinct on scutum, lateral vitta almost 3 times as wide as inner vitta. Hairs on dorsum dense fine short and erect; lateral scutellar setae double, posterior seta stronger than anterior one and subequal in length to scutellum; subapical scutellar seta 1.3 times as long as scutellum; distance between subapical scutellar setae about 1/2 that between subapical and basal setae of corresponding side; 3 katepisternal setae; prosternum with several strong hairs on each side. Wing hyaline; lower calypter whitish with pale yellowish margin; relative lengths of costal sectors 2nd, 3rd and 4th approximately 2.5:3:2; length of vein M1 from dm-cu crossvein to bend about 2 times distance between bend and wing margin; crossvein dm-cu weakly sinuate, about 2 times length of last section of vein CuA1. Legs black, pulvilli pale brownish; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with a closely set comb-like row of anterodorsal setae, no stronger seta among them; claws and pulvilli slightly shorter than 5th tarsomeres.</p><p>Abdomen black in ground colour, dorsa with rather thin pale yellowish white pruinosity on anterior 3/5 of 3rd tergite, anterior 2/3 of 4th and anterior 4/5 of 5th tergites; venter with rather thin whitish pruinosity on anterior margin and anteromedian portion of syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite, narrow anteromedian portion of 4th tergite and almost anterior 3/4 of 5th tergite. Hairs on dorsum of 3rd and 4th tergites short recumbent, long and erect on 5th tergite; venter of 4th tergite with dense short and recumbent sexual hair patches on almost entire venter except pruinose portion; median marginal setae indistinct on syntergite 1 + 2 and 3rd tergite; median discal setae absent on 3rd and 4th tergites; 5th tergite with long erect and dense hairs mixed with rows of discal and marginal setae on posterior portion.</p><p>Male terminalia. Sixth tergite very weak semicircular hemitergite, without hairs; syntergosternite 7 + 8 very short; cerci in lateral view evenly narrowed to apex, apical portion roundly projected upward, in dorsal view evenly narrowed apically, apical 1/5 well separated; surstylus in lateral view narrowed posteriorly and weakly pointed at apex, narrower than cerci at mid-point; dorsal arms hypandrium connected with each other; pregonite with 3–4 hairs on posterior margin; postgonite pointed at apex, without hairs; epiphallus short and inclined posteriorly, on dorsodistal margin of basiphallus; distiphallus with dorsal sclerite narrow and long, about 2 times as long as ventral sclerite.</p><p>Female. Unknown. Body length: ca. 12.8 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name is taken from the country name of the type locality for this species, Vietnam .</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Vietnam (Son La Prov.).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>Despite the differences in general appearance, such as large size and broadly whitish pruinose body, the male terminalia of this species are very similar to those of B. kinabalensis Shima and Tachi sp. n.; the cerci with dorsally curved apex, dorsal arms of hypandrium fused with each other and distiphallus with dorsal sclerite very elongated. It is possible that this species is phylogenetically allied to B. kinabalensis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874930BB06DC1A8805AFCAFC4C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874932BB06DCC58AF6AEB2F967.text	03B987874932BB06DCC58AF6AEB2F967.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella yaeyamana Shima and Tachi	<div><p>Blepharella yaeyamana Shima and Tachi</p><p>Blepharella yaeyamana, 2019, p. 136. Holotype male (BLKU, examined). Type locality: Japan, Ryukyus.</p><p>This species was described in detail by Shima and Tachi (2019) and no further information is added.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>A greyish pruinose medium-sized goniine; antenna black, postpedicel 3.5–3.8 times as long as pedicel; palpus brown or dark reddish brown; occiput mostly greyish white or dark greyish; scutum shining black in ground colour, at most with thin greyish pruinosity on postpronotal lobe; mid-tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere; abdomen shining black in ground colour, with thin greyish pruinosity on anterior portion of 2nd and 3rd tergites; 3rd abdominal tergite with a pair of strong median marginal setae, male without distinct sexual hair patches on 4th abdominal venter.</p><p>Body length: 7.3–7.7 mm.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Japan (Ryukyus, Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874932BB06DCC58AF6AEB2F967	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
03B987874935BB00DDED8987A898FEE3.text	03B987874935BB00DDED8987A898FEE3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Blepharella Macquart 1851	<div><p>Key to species of Blepharella of the Oriental and eastern Palaearctic regions</p><p>The species with an asterisk (*) may sometimes have black setulae on the upper occiput.</p><p>1. Legs black or dark brown, except pulvilli, hind tibia sometimes weakly reddish brown; antenna wholly black or with scape and pedicel reddish yellow darkened medially especially in female; occiput with or without black setulae behind postocular setae; venter of male 4th abdominal tergite usually with sexual hair patches........................ 2</p><p>- Legs with tibiae yellow, darkened basally and apically; antenna with scape and pedicel yellowish, pedicel sometimes darkened medially; occiput without black setulae behind upper 1/2 of postocellar setae; venter of male 4th abdominal tergite without sexual hair patches ....................................................... B. leucaniae (Chao and Jin)</p><p>2. Prosternum bare; facial ridge with strong downcurved setae on lower 1/2 or more; occiput without black setae behind row of postocular setae.. B. lateralis Macquart</p><p>- Prosternum with fine setae on both sides; facial ridge with fine setae at most on lower 1/3–1/2, rarely with short fine setae on lower 2/3; prosternum haired; occiput with black setae behind row of postocular setae, or without distinct row of black setae on upper 1/2. ............................................................................................................................................... 3</p><p>3. Occiput without black setulae behind postocular setae on upper 1/2 or 2/3. .......... 4</p><p>- Occiput with black setulae behind postocular setae ............................................................ 7</p><p>4. Antenna with scape and pedicel reddish yellow, postpedicel about 4 times as long as pedicel in male, 2.5 times in female; scutellum with several strong erect setae on apical portion; thoracic scutum with 5 rather broad vittae, median vitta absent on presutural area ......................................................... B. meridionalis Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>- Antenna wholly black to dark brown in male, scape and pedicel sometimes reddish yellow in female; postpedicel 2.5–3.0 times as long as pedicel in male and female; scutellum without such hairs, with erect to suberect short hairs; thoracic scutum with 2 outer and 2 narrow inner vittae ................................................................................................ 5</p><p>5 Thorax with greyish pruinosity; abdominal dorsum with thin greyish pruinosity on anterior 1/3 of 3rd tergite, dense pale yellowish grey pruinosity on anterior 2/3 of 4th tergite and almost entire 5th tergite; male claws and pulvilli subequal in length to 5th tarsomere ................................. ................................ B. vietnamensis Shima and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>- Thorax with thin whitish or yellowish pruinosity on anterior 1/2 or less of presutural area of scutum; abdominal dorsum at least with rather thin greyish white pruinosity on anterior 1/3 of each tergite; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere 6</p><p>6. Anterior half of presutural area of scutum with yellowish or golden yellowish pruinosity; 3rd abdominal tergite with a pair of short (at most 1/3 as long as 4th tergite) median marginal setae; male cerci nearly nearly straight in lateral view; male surstylus in lateral view with dorsal margin strongly curved ventrally on apical 1/3 ...................... ....................................................................................................... B. bomolocha Shima and Tachi *</p><p>- Anterior half of presutural area of scutum with whitish pruinosity; 3rd abdominal tergite without median marginal setae or at most with 2 very fine hair-like setae; male cerci weakly swollen ventrally at apex; male surstylus in lateral view weakly narrowed posteriorly on apical 1/4 .............. .............. B. persimilis Shima, Zhang and Tachi sp. n.</p><p>7. Thoracic dorsum with yellowish or pale yellowish grey-white pruinosity, and with 4–5 distinct longitudinal vittae; scutellum reddish yellow in ground colour on apical 1/ 2–1/3 ......................................................................................................................................................... 8</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987874935BB00DDED8987A898FEE3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Shima, Hiroshi;Tachi, Takuji;Zhang, Wenxia	Shima, Hiroshi, Tachi, Takuji, Zhang, Wenxia (2025): The genus Blepharella Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Oriental Region. Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24): 1647-1687, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2486489
