Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902

Zhou, Jiale, Evenhuis, Neal L. & Yang, Ding, 2023, A review of the Strongylophthalmyia coarctata subgroup (Diptera, Brachycera, Strongylophthalmyiidae) from China, with the descriptions of three new species, ZooKeys 1168, pp. 329-353 : 329

Genus Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902

Strongylophthalmus Hendel, 1902: 179. Type species: Chyliza ustulata Zetterstedt, 1847, by original designation. Preoccupied by Strongylophthalmus Mannheim, 1853 ( Insecta: Coleoptera ).

Strongylophthalmyia Heller, 1902: 226. Replacement name for Strongylophthalmus Hendel, 1902.

Labropsila Meijere, 1914: 24. Type species: Labropsila polita Meijere, 1914, by subsequent designation ( Hennig 1941: 36). Synonymized by Meijere (1916: 87).

Notes.

For an extensive treatment of the family, systematic considerations, definitions, a key to species-groups, and a checklist of global species, see Evenhuis (2016) and Lonsdale (2020).

The Strongylophthalmyia coarctata subgroup

Diagnosis. Recognized within the genus by the following characters: antennal first flagellomere of male modified, having variable antennal process; arista bare; fore femur of male simple, lacking thorn-like spicules dorsally.

Diversity and distribution. This subgroup currently contains ten described species, most of which are distributed in the Oriental Realm, while one species occurs in the northeastern Palearctic and three species are endemic to Papua New Guinea ( Evenhuis 2016, 2020). Strongylophthalmyia coarctata Hendel was previously known from China (Taiwan). Five species, including 3 described herein, are now added to the Chinese fauna.