Arthurella Albuquerque, 1954

Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Mariluis, Juan Carlos & Aballay, Fernando Hernán, 2011, A new species of the South American genus Arthurella Albuquerque (Diptera: Muscidae), with a key to species and new records, Zootaxa 2810, pp. 56-62 : 57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.206099
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192876
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scientific name	Arthurella Albuquerque, 1954
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Arthurella Albuquerque, 1954 View in CoL

Arthurella Albuquerque, 1954:151 View in CoL . Type-species: Arthurella nudiseta Albuquerque, 1954 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis (modified from Couri & Penny 2007). Eye with sparse short cilia. Arista bare; one pair of long strong ocellar setae; prosternum, anepimeron and meron setulose; dorsocentral setae 2+3-4; intra-alars 2; katepisternals 2+2; vein R1 setulose on dorsal surface; vein R4+5 setulose on both surfaces; vein R4+5 and M diverging slightly to apex; hind tibia with calcar present; sternite 1 bare.

Arthurella can be easily distinguished from other Neotropical taxa by the presence of 2+2 katepisternal setae. A few genera of Muscidae (e.g., Neurotrixa Shannon & Del Ponte and Lispoides Malloch ) also have the same configuration of katepisternal setae ( Costacurta & Carvalho 2005).