Systematic study of the genus Phorinia Robineau-Desvoidy of the Palearctic, Oriental and Oceanian regions (Diptera : Tachinidae)

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doi:10.1071/IS05033

Systematic study of the genus Phorinia Robineau-Desvoidy of the Palearctic, Oriental and Oceanian regions (Diptera : Tachinidae)

Takuji Tachi ^A ^C, Hiroshi Shima ^B

^A Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
^B Biosystematics Laboratory, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka 810-8560, Japan.
^C Author for correspondence. Email: tachi@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp





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Invertebrate Systematics 20(2) 255–287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS05033
Submitted: 2 August 2005 Accepted: 20 February 2006 Published online: 26 April 2006

Abstract

The exoristine genus Phorinia Robineau-Desvoidy of the Palearctic, Oriental and Oceanian regions is revised. Sixteen species are recognised, fifteen of them described as new. Phylogenetic relationships of Phorinia are analysed using morphological characters. The analysis reveals that Phorinia is clearly monophyletic and closely related to Ctenophorinia Mesnil within the tribe Exoristini. The following three species-groups are defined in this genus: the aurifrons-group: Phorinia aurifrons Robineau-Desvoidy; P. breviata, sp. nov.; P. minuta, sp. nov.; P. aduncata, sp. nov. and P. convexa, sp. nov.; the bifurcata-group: P. bifurcata, sp. nov.; P. quadrata, sp. nov.; P. longiseta, sp. nov. and P. spinulosa, sp. nov.; and the flava-group: P. flava, sp. nov.; P. gracilis, sp. nov.; P. australiana, sp. nov.; P. denticulata, sp. nov.; P. insignita, sp. nov.; P. occidentalis, sp. nov. and P. orientalis, sp. nov.

Keywords: Exoristini, new species, parasitoid, phylogeny