Botria clarinigra Chao & Liu, 1998

Tachi, Takuji, 2013, Systematic study of the genera Phryno Robineau-Desvoidy and Botria Rondani in the Palearctic Region, with discussions of their phylogenetic positions (Diptera, Tachinidae), Zootaxa 3609 (4), pp. 361-391 : 378

Botria clarinigra Chao & Liu, 1998

Botria clarinigra Chao & Liu in Liu & Chao et al., 1998: 228. Lectotype male (IZCAS, not examined), by fixation of Chao & Liu in Liu, Chao & Li (1999: 352). Type locality: China, Shanxi, Yicheng, Dahe.

Diagnosis. Male. Face with yellowish gray pruinosity; antenna with scape and pedicel, and legs reddish yellow to yellow; third, fourth and fifith abdominal terga each with thin whitish pruinosity on basal 1/5–2/5. Vertex subequal in width to eye in dorsal view or slightly wider (approximately 0.35 of head width); parafacial subequal in width to first flagellomere at middle point; antenna with first flagellomere approximately four times as long as pedicel; arista thickened on basal 3/4; male postabdomen with surstylus broad in lateral view, nearly straight in dorsal view; cerci rather slender in lateral view.

Remarks. According to the original description and illustrations, this species appears to be closely related to B. frontosa based on one male feature: vertex subequal in width to eye in dorsal view or slightly wider. This species is easily distinguished from B. frontosa in having a wider surstylus and slender cerci of the male postabdomen in lateral view.