Platystoma

Bodner, L. & Freidberg, A., 2016, Taxonomy and immature stages of the Platystomatidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) of Israel, Zootaxa 4171 (2), pp. 201-245 : 210-211

Key to Platystoma species of Israel

1. Legs pale (yellow or reddish). Wing pattern pale ( Figs. 32, 38 ).................................................. 2

- Legs dark (dark brown to black). Wing pattern dark ( Figs. 30, 31, 33–37, 39 )...................................... 3

2. Legs yellow. Abdomen densely and uniformly microtrichose. ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined. Terminal filaments no more than 4 times as long as glans. ♀: T3 slightly longer than T4.................................. P. torridum n. sp.

- Legs reddish. Abdomen sparsely microtrichose. ♂: T5 longer than T3 and 4 combined. Terminal filaments more than 10 times as long as glans. ♀: T3 slightly shorter than T4............................................. P. dimidiatum Hendel

3. Gena height about 0.33 of eye height (sometimes more)....................................................... 4

- Gena height less than 0.33 of eye height.................................................................... 5

4. Ventral half of face shiny black. Ocellar triangle more than 0.33 times as long as frons (between anterior ocellus and lunule, medially), clearly setulose ( Fig. 17 ).................................................... P. trigonum n. sp. (part)

- Ventral half of face microtrichose medially. Ocellar triangle shorter, without setulae ( Fig. 12 ).............. P. geula n. sp.

5. Ventral half of face completely shiny black, without microtrichia................................................ 6

- Ventral half of face microtrichose at least medially........................................................... 7

6. Clypeus shiny black ( Fig. 14 ). Abdomen entirely black, without microtrichia...................... P. nitidiventre Hendel

- Clypeus at least marginally microtrichose ( Fig. 17 ). Abdomen densely microtrichose............. P. trigonum n. sp. (part)

7. Postocellar seta present.................................................................................8

- Postocellar seta absent................................................................................. 10

8. Wing with a distinct hyaline transverse band over crossvein DM-Cu ( Fig. 30 ). Scutum and scutellum mostly black or just weakly microtrichose. Scutum with thin, grayish, inconspicuous longitudinal lines of microtrichia. Abdomen black, without microtrichia............................................................................ P. arcuatum Loew

- No such band on wing (although hyaline dots are present in this area). Scutum with wide, conspicuous lines of microtrichia. Abdomen microtrichose at least partially on T5..............................................................9

9. ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined. ♀: T3 slightly longer than T4; T4 slightly longer than T5. Two spermathecae present..................................................................................... P. pubescens Loew

- ♂: T5 three times as long as T3 and T4 combined. ♀: T4 longer than T3 and longer than T5. Three spermathecae present............................................................................................. P. dalia n. sp.

10. Ventral half of face only medially microtrichose. Clypeus microtrichose only marginally ( Fig. 11 ). ♂: T5 more than 4 times as long as T3 and T4 combined............................................................. P. elizabethae n. sp.

- Ventral half of face densely and almost completely microtrichose. Clypeus densely microtrichose ( Fig. 13 ). ♂: T5 shorter than T3 and T4 combined................................................................... P. malatiense Hennig

Figures

FIGURES 30 – 40. Wing. 30. Platystoma arcuatum. 31. P. dalia. 32. P. dimidiatum. 33. P. elizabethae. 34. P. g e ul a. 35. P. malatiense. 36. P. nitidiventre. 37. P. pubescens. 38. P. torridum. 39. P. trigonum. 40. Rivellia israelica.

FIGURES 8 – 18. Head, frontal view. 8. Platystoma arcuatum. 9. P. dalia. 10. P. dimidiatum. 11. P. elizabethae. 12. P. geula. 13. P. malatiense. 14. P. nitidiventre. 15. P. pubescens. 16. P. torridum. 17. P. trigonum. 18. Rivellia israelica. Postocular setae not always visible in this view.