taxonID	type	description	language	source
B74687E8852B08564396FCEBA41653F9.taxon	description	Figs. 6 – 25, 173, 187, 199, 211 – 213. Holotype male, Singapore (BMNH), by original designation. For details see Type material below. Bengalia latro: Bezzi, 1913: 78. Misidentification, not latro de Meijere. Taiwan (Tainan). Examined. Note. Bezzi wrote about latro: “ Ich rechne zu dieser javanischen Art einige Exemplare aus Tainan, Formosa (H. Sauter) in der Sammlung des Herrn Dr. J. Escher-Kündig aus Zürich … ”. This refers to two males in ETHZ which I have examined, see below under Material examined. Malloch (1927: 414) received one of the specimens from Bezzi subsequent to the publication of Bezzi’s paper and thought it was the same as his own emarginata.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852B08564396FCEBA41653F9.taxon	description	This specimen, possibly originally part of the MNHN collections, may have been given to Bezzi from Surcouf as a return favour for letting him study Bezzi’s collection for his “ Muscidae testaceae ” studies. There is no evidence that Surcouf (1920) studied type material of latro de Meijere (he did not mention RMNH or ZMAN among the collections he had access to). But he studied material in MNHN and it is possible that his determinations are the basis for the arrangement in the MNHN collections. Four of six specimens still in MNHN under “ latro ” belong to emarginata, the other two to emarginatoides; none of these specimens carry any label written by Surcouf, however. See entry under Séguy (1946) below. For more details on the communication between Bezzi and Surcouf, see entry for Bezzi (1913) in the synonymy of Bengalia varicolor, below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852B08564396FCEBA41653F9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length 12 – 14 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.325 – 0.342 (mean 0.333, n = 6). Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Lunula setose in most specimens. Anepimeron with numerous black setulae on almost all of upper half, a few black setulae reaching katepisternum. Fore tibia in basal half with a ventral row of even and very short spine-like setae (Fig. 173). Mid tibia with a prominent pv fringe distally, its longest setae about 3 x as long as tibial diameter. Hind tibia with dense fringe of long thin setae on av, v and pv side occupying almost the whole length of the tibia, except for the basal 1 / 5. ST 5 flap (Figs. 12, 15, 19, 23) with rounded outline, slightly broader than long, with a distal emargination and small concavities on the distal half of the lateral margins. The latter bent downwards to some extent, forming a kind of shallow gutter on each side, and best observed edge-on. The gutter is more densely microtrichiose than the remainder of the flap. Cerci broad and strong in dorsal aspect, curved distally in lateral view. Lateral edge straight in dorsal view, with no narrowing at the junction of the basal (fused) and distal (free) parts (Fig. 10). [In B. emarginatoides the cerci are conspicuously narrowed in this region and the distal parts much narrower.] Surstylus without vestiture below. Process of bacilliform sclerite with a base about as long as the free upturned point (Fig. 11) [in B. emarginatoides with a longer base than point (Fig. 31)]. Distiphallus with prominent dorsolateral wings. Antlers very narrow and directed dorsally, with 2 – 6 points at tip. Basal tooth present or absent (Figs. 9, 16, 17). In dorsal view the upper lip is projecting beyond the base of the antlers and its distal edge transverse. The lip is flat as seen from in front, and narrower than or equal to distance between bases of antlers (Figs. 6, 14). [In B. emarginatoides the lip is much broader and its lateral ends are lateral to the antler bases (Figs. 26, 34).] In profile view the lateral wall of the upper lip at its junction with the base of the antler has an almost vertical anterior border and an angular upper corner (Fig. 9). [In B. emarginatoides the corresponding area is different, the lateral wall of the upper lip being evenly oblique.] Lateral finger very small and tiny, in ventral view of distiphallus not passing beyond the lateral-most parts of the folded distal part of the external hypophallic lobe (Fig. 7, l. f.). Anterior edge of vertical sclerotised sheet with a right-angled serrated protrusion a little above lateral finger (Fig. 8). [In B. emarginatoides the anterior edge is serrated but not produced into a right angle, rather quite even all the way to the lateral finger (Fig. 33).] Internal hypophallic lobes slightly converging towards anterior end. External hypophallic lobe folded distally and here produced ventrally into a spatulate ventral finger curving downwards and forwards towards the midline. Female. Length 13 – 15 mm (n = 5). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.338 – 0.350 (mean 0.344, n = 5). 1 – 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron with numerous black setulae in upper part, a few black setulae among yellow ones reaching katepisternum. ST 2 long, with a pair of strong marginal spine-like setae; ST 3 very short and even broader than ST 2, with a row of about 4 short strong marginal spine-like setae though of somewhat variable strength; ST 4 still broad, but longer than ST 3 and with row of 4 – 6 strong marginal spinelike setae; ST 5 triangular, about as broad as long, blunt distally, and usually with a pair of spine-like setae near tip (Fig. 212). Ovipositor as in Figs. 211, 213.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852B08564396FCEBA41653F9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852B08564396FCEBA41653F9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia emarginata Malloch, 1927. Holotype male, in BMNH, labelled: (1) “ Holo- / type ” [printed on circular label with red margin]; (2) “ Singapore / May 1924 / Coll. ” [printed, except “ 24 ” which is handwritten]; (3) “ Bengalia / emarginata / Type / Det. / J. R. Malloch ” [handwritten except two last lines; label framed with black line]; (4) “ Pres. By / Imp. Bur. Ent / Brit. Mus. / 1929 – 61 ” [printed, label with text facing down]; (5) “ Abdomen and dissected / genitalia on separate pin / K. Rognes 3. vii. 2008 ” [printed] (Fig. 18). Right hind leg loose in box at reception, accident with left hind tibia. Both glued on to the plastic stage carrying the specimen. Dissected by K. R. Abdominal T 1 – 5 glued to card on separate pin, genitalia in glycerol in glass vial on this second pin. Second pin labelled “ HOLOTYPE / Singapore May 1924 / Bengalia emarginata / Malloch, 1927 / Abdomen dissected by / K. Rognes 3. vii. 2008 ” [printed]. The ST 5 flap (Fig. 15) is clearly shaped as the one figured by Lehrer for his bezziella (Lehrer, 2005: 31, fig. 10 A). Distally on the lateral edge there is a small concavity, as seen directly from above, which is shaped like a slight depression (shallow gutter), as seen directly from the side or from in front edge-on, and which has a large amount of microtrichiae. Lehrer, who did not study the type of emarginata, must have been misled by Malloch’s inaccurate drawing of the ST 5 flap (Malloch, 1927: fig. 15), which shows a completely even lateral edge. Lehrer therefore has re-described Malloch’s emarginata as bezziella Lehrer and misidentified specimens of emarginatoides as emarginata (see below). In the aedeagus both antlers of the holotype have a small tooth at base, and five tags at the tip (Figs. 16, 17), the left antler also with a suggestion of a sixth tag. The anterior serrated edge of vertical sclerotised sheet angulated (Fig. 17, lower right). Afridigalia bezziella Lehrer, 2005. Holotype male, in MSNM, labelled: (1) “ Formosa / Toyenmongai ”; (2) “ Bengalia latro / De Meijere ” [black-rimmed label with three thin ruled black lines in Surcouf’s handwriting]; (3) “ latro ” [printed museum label]; (4) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezziana [sic] Lehrer, sp. n. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed]; (5) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezziana [sic] Lehrer, sp. n. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed]; (6) “ HOLOTYPUS ” [black print on white label, latter glued to larger red label]; (7) “ Published as / Afridigalia bezziella / Lehrer, 2005: 29 / K. Rognes 23. vi. 2008 ” [printed] (Figs. 24, 25); (8) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). Dissected by Lehrer. I have transferred the genital parts in glycerol from original large opaque plastic vial to a glass microvial pinned below the specimen. The specimen was partly destroyed in the mail at reception (but not the genitalia in the plastic vial). I have glued the wings, abdomen and both fore legs (without tarsi), one mid leg (without tarsus) and one hind leg to a card on a separate pin labelled “ From holotype of / Afridigalia bezziella Lehrer, 2005 / Labelled as / Bengalia bezziana Lehrer n. sp. / Crushed in accident in mail / K. Rognes 23. vi. 2008 ”. In the aedeagus the right antler is broken midway but the left is intact (figured by Lehrer). The genitalia are embedded in glycerol jelly which has not dissolved in glycerol and which creates lines and artifacts in the microscope. The ST 5 flap (Fig. 23) and other genital features clearly identifies the holotype as conspecific with the holotype of Bengalia emarginata Malloch. Other material. BMNH: 1 male labelled (1) “ Formosa I / Sauter Rlle ” [black ink handwriting]; (2) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (3) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [print]; (4) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fbr. ” [blue ink handwriting]; (5) “ In exchange / Deuts. Ent. Inst. / B. M. 1939 - 70 ” [printed]; (6) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [print]; (7) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [print]; (8) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). “ Rlle ” must be same as Rolle in “ gekft von Rolle ” see below under specimens from ETHZ. I have transferred the genital capsule plus the ST 5 and ST 5 flap to a glass microvial. In the distiphallus both antlers are lost and on the right side the loss of the antler also involves the vertical sclerotised sheet so that its anterior border is absent. On the left side this sheet is visible. The upper lip and its sidewalls are also intact. This specimen has been published by Lehrer (2006 a: 7) as “ Afridigalia emarginata ”, but Lehrer’s concept of this nominal species = emarginatoides sp. nov. He listed it together with material of the latter species from “ Ceylan ” and “ Inde ”. However, the specimen does not belong to emarginatoides but is a typical true emarginata Malloch (= bezziella Lehrer), as indicated by the broad cerci, the right-angled denticulate anterior border of the vertical sclerotised sheet, by the upper lip being with almost identical original labels, which he has identified as Afridigalia bezziella Lehrer (= B. emarginata Malloch), probably correctly, since it fits in with the known distribution of this species. I have not seen that specimen. CDPCAG: 1 male labelled (1) “ Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Anshun City, Guizhou, China / Laogaocun Village, Guanling County, Guizhou, 700 m / coll. Wei Lianmeng et al. leg / 20 March 2008 ” [In Chinese]; (2) “ C 068 … [Chinese name for B. emarginata] / Bengalia emarginata / Malloch, / 1927 ♂ ” [male symbol in red]; (3) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). Dissected by Wei Lianmeng, genitalia in alcohol in plastic vessel with lid, numbered “ 108 ”. ETHZ: 1 male labelled (1) “ Tainan / Formosa ” [handwritten on white paper with blue crossed lines 5 mm apart]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / ♂ Meij. ” [handwritten on old brown paper]; (3) upper side: “ Bengalia / latro / ♂ Meig. [sic] ” [handwritten on same type of paper as label no. 1]; reverse side: “ 13230? ” [handwritten in pencil, referring to number in the museum journal for the Escher-Kündig collection]; (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). 1 male labelled (1) “ Tainan / Formosa ” [handwritten on white paper with printed blue crossed lines 5 mm apart]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / ♂ Meig. [sic] ” [handwritten on same type of paper as label no. 1]; (3) “ 13231 ” [handwritten in ink on small label, typical of specimens in the Escher-Kündig collection, referring to number in the museum journal for this collection]; (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). Dissected by K. R. According to the ETHZ museum journal both specimens were bought from a person named Rolle (“ gekft von Rolle ”; cf. entry page for 1912 / 9, reference nos. 13230 and 13231, in museum journal). The specimens are obviously the ones Bezzi (1913: 78) wrote about under Bengalia latro: “ Ich rechne zu dieser javanischen Art einige Exemplare aus Tainan, Formosa (H. Sauter) in der Sammlung des Herrn Dr. J. Escher-Kündig aus Zürich … ”. MNHN: 1 male labelled (1) “ LAOS / Na Leu [handwritten] / le 17 - III 1918 [handwritten, except “ le ” and “ 191 ”] / R. Vitalis de Salvaza [printed] ”; (2) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). The specimen has been dissected by K. R. and carries one leg and the abdominal tergites glued to a card below the specimen. The genitalia are kept in a glass microvial pinned below the card. 1 male labelled (1) “ Formosa / Sauter ” [printed]; (2) “ Kosempo / 908. II ” [printed, except “ II ” which is handwritten]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meijere ” [handwritten]; (4) “ J. VILLENEUVE det. ” [printed]; (5) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). 1 female labelled (1) “ Formosa / Sauter ” [printed]; (2) “ Polisha / 908. III. ” [printed]; (3) “ J. VILLENEUVE det. ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). 2 pairs of proclinate orbitals. 1 female labelled (1) “ MUSEUM PARIS [printed] / Formose [handwritten] / Coll. E. SÉGUY 1919 ” [printed]; (2) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). 1 pair of proclinate orbitals. MSNM: 1 male labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ”; (2) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezziana [sic] Lehrer, sp. n. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ”; (3) “ Published as / Afridigalia bezziella / Lehrer, 2005: 29 / K. Rognes 23. vi. 2008 ” (Figs. 19, 20); (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). “ P. I. Baker ” translates to: Philippine Islands, Baker leg. Specimen has been dissected and published by Lehrer (2005: 30), as Afridigalia bezziella. Both fore tarsi, left mid leg, right hind leg and four distal tarsomeres of left hind leg are lost. All abdominal tergites are in situ. The main part of the ST 5 flap is glued to a piece of card on the pin (Fig. 19). Other genital parts in glycerol have been transferred by K. R. from original big plastic vial to glass vial on pin. Antlers of aedeagus are broken at base, but aedeagal upper lip, other genital features (e. g., narrow antlers) and shape of ST 5 flap (Fig. 19) are clearly identifiable as belonging to the species Bengalia emarginata Malloch. First record from the Philippines. SDEI (most of the specimens have previously been published by Hennig (1941) as latro and / or varicolor, and all have been given my determination label (emarginata Malloch): 1 male labelled (1) “ Anping / Formosa / H. Sauter V. 12 ” [printed, except “ V. 12 ” which is handwritten]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Chip-Chip / Formosa / H. Sauter 09 ” [printed, except “ 09 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Formosa / Sauter ” [handwritten]; (2) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (3) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]. 4 females labelled (1) “ Formosa I / Sauter ” [handwritten]; (2) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (3) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Fuhosho / Formosa / H. Sauter / VII 09 ” [printed, except “ VII 09 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro de Meij. / Villeneuve det. ” [handwritten, “ Fuhosho / Formosa / H. Sauter / VII 09 ” [printed, except “ VII 09 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Fuhosho / Formosa / H. Sauter / VII 09 ” [printed, except “ VII 09 ” which is handwritten]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Fuhosho / Formosa / H. Sauter / VII 09 ” [printed, except “ VII 09 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Gebiet des Sh’sha / stammes (Formosa) / H. Sauter V. - VI. 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Formosa) / H. Sauter / VII. ”; (2) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Formosa) / H. Sauter / VII. ”; (2) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter / V. 1912 ” [printed; “ V ” is handwritten, the original printed “ IV ” is crossed out]; (2) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / latro Meij. ” [handwritten]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter … 1912 ” [printed, “ IV ” crossed out]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / latro Mj. ♂ / Det CHTT ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]. 4 males labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter … 1912 ” [printed, “ V ” crossed out]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter … 1912 ” [printed, “ V ” crossed out]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro Mj. ♀ / Det CHTT ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kankau (Formosa) / H. Sauter VII. 1912 ” [printed]; “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kanshirei / Formosa / H. Sauter VIII 08 ” [printed, except “ VIII 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kosempo / Formosa / Sauter XI 08 ” [printed, except “ XI 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kosempo / Formosa / Sauter VII 09 ” [printed, except “ VII ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Kosempo / Formosa / H. Sauter V. 12 ” [printed, except “ V. 12 ” which is handwritten]; (2) Red label with handwritten “ Tachin ” on upper side, handwritten “ Muscidae ” (crossed out) on reverse side; (3) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Koshun / Formosa / Sauter IX. 08 ” [printed, except “ IX. 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. Dissected by K. R. (Figs. 21, 22). T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin, dissected parts in glycerol in glass vial on pin. 1 female labelled (1) “ Koshun / Formosa / Sauter VII 08 ” [printed, except “ VII 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro Meij. / Villeneuve det. [handwritten, but not by Villeneuve?]. 2 females labelled (1) “ Koshun / Formosa / Sauter VII 08 ” [printed, except “ VII 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Sokutsu / Formosa / H. Sauter VI 1912 ” [printed, except “ I ” in “ VI ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Sokutsu / Formosa / H. Sauter VI 1912 ” [printed, except “ I ” in “ VI ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Sokutsu / Formosa / H. Sauter VI 1912 ” [printed, except “ I ” in “ VI ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]. 1 male labelled (1) “ IX Taihorinsho / Formosa / H. Sauter 09 ” [printed, except “ IX ” and “ 09 ” which are handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Taihorinsho / Formosa / H. Sauter XI 10 ” [printed, except “ XI 10 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meij. ” [handwritten in Villeneuve’s hand]; (3) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]; (4) “ G. pr. 406 / 16. v. 2008 / K. Rognes ”. Dissected by K. R. Abdominal T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin; spermathecae and common oviduct in glycerol in vial on pin, ST 1 – 5 and ovipositor on microscope slide no. 406. 2 females labelled (1) “ Tappani / Formosa / H. Sauter XI. 09 ” [printed, except “ XI. 09 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]. SMNS: 1 male and 1 female labelled (1) “ Tainan / Formosa ” [handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro de Meij. ” [Villeneuve’s handwriting]; (3) “ Sammlung / E. Engel ” [printed on reverse side of label]; (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). This male has the genitalia exerted. 1 male labelled (1) “ Tainan / Formosa ” [handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro de Meij. / det. D r. Villeneuve ” [Villeneuve’s handwriting, except last line which is printed]; (3) “ Sammlung / E. Engel ” [printed on reverse side of label]; (4) My determination label (emarginata Malloch). This male is undissected.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	description	Figs. 26 – 43, 174. Holotype male, Sri Lanka (SDEI), here designated. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	description	It is not clear from the text which of the two males (Kandy or Bombay) he considers to be an “ indubitable ” male of varicolor. However, the Kandy male (now in BMNH) which I have examined, carries a label reading: “ Bengalia varicolor / F. (= latro Meij.) / R. SW det. 1923. ” [handwritten by Senior-White in pencil] (Fig. 43), and, since it has a rather deep excavation in the hind border of the ST 5 flap (Fig. 42), I take this to indicate that this is the very specimen that induced him to propose the (erroneous) synonymy. It is a specimen of emarginatoides. For more details on this specimen, see below under paratypes in BMNH.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	description	Senior-White (1926: 137) now keys only three species with discal setae on T 5, i. e., bezzii, surcoufi and “ varicolor ”. This time it is “ varicolor ” that is “ shaggily fringed ”, as opposed to the other two species, which are separated on the shape of the ST 5 flap (termed an “ [a] ccessory forceps ”), in bezzii a “ plain edged plate ”, in surcoufi “ bilobed. ” Senior-White (1926) lists the species as distributed also in “ South India ”, probably because this is the type locality of varicolor, but possibly also because of the Parambikulam specimens of “ latro ” or the Cochin Forest Tramway specimens of “ varicolor ” cited earlier by Senior-White (1923 b: 37). When stating (p. 139) that the species is known from the “ the Philippines ”, he is apparently referring to the three females from “ Los Banos ” already mentioned in his 1924 paper (see previous entry). The identity of this material cannot be decided.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	description	So far it appears that fuscipennis is only known from the type locality (Taiwan). Fan (1965: 194) described a nominal species taiwanensis which I believe is the same as fuscipennis, since the male syntype of fuscipennis (in ETHZ, examined) fits exactly with the figures and descriptions by Fan (1965, 1992, 1997) and Feng et al. (1998) of Bengalia taiwanensis Fan, syn. nov. This nominal species is also reported from the Guangdong province of China (Feng et al. 1998).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	description	Lehrer (2005) was the first to recognise that two species were actually involved here — in the present work named emarginata Malloch and emarginatoides sp. nov. — but he did not study the type of emarginata and therefore got the names wrong. He was obviously misled by Malloch’s inaccurate drawing of the ST 5 flap (Malloch 1927: fig. 15) which shows (incorrectly) a completely even and non-undulating lateral edge distally, similar to Lehrer’s figure of the ST 5 flap of his “ emarginata ” (Lehrer 2005: fig. 13 A). On this basis Lehrer misidentified the specimens from India in BPBM as emarginata and described the species with a small inward and downward bulge in the distal half of the lateral edges of the ST 5 flap (the true emarginata Malloch) as new species Afridigalia bezziella.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet “ emarginatoides ” is derived from the stem of “ emarginata ” with the addition of the Latin suffix “ - oides ” (meaning like, resembling, in the form of) referring to the similarity of the two species.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length 13 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.296 – 0.325 (mean 0.310, n = 9). Bengalia emarginatoides is extremely similar to B. emarginata and most of the diagnostic characters listed for that species also apply to this one. However, apart from the slightly narrower frons, it differs from B. emarginata in certain features of the male genitalia. ST 5 flap (Figs. 35, 37, 38, 40, 42) has a rounded outline, but is a little longer than broad and is completely flat as seen edge on. It has a distal emargination which varies in depth (very shallow in material from India), but the lateral edge is even and without inward bulges or depressions on the distal half. Cerci (Figs. 30, 31) are conspicuously narrowed in the distal free part compared to the basal part, so that the lateral edge, when seen in dorsal view, is not straight but has an inwardly directed shallow angle slightly behind the middle (Fig. 30). Interestingly, the same kind of constriction is present in Senior-White’s figure of the cerci in dorsal aspect (Senior-White, 1923 a: Plate IX, lower half; Senior-White et al., 1940: 102, fig. 51, right hand figure). Basal part of the bacilliform sclerite process is a little longer than the point itself (Fig. 31), thus longer than in B. emarginata. the distiphallus the lateralmost part of the upper lip has an evenly oblique edge (Fig. 28), whereas in B. emarginata it first arises vertically before it turns backwards. The internal hypophallic lobes are converging more conspicuously than in B. emarginata. The lateral finger appears to be slightly longer than the one in B. emarginata (Figs. 26, 27). The anterior serrated edge of the vertical sclerotised sheet is even and not produced into a right angle (Fig. 33). Female. Unknown. The female should, however, be easily identified from material collected for example in Sri Lanka, where only two species in the B. peuhi species-group occur, B. varicolor (= bezzii) and B. emarginatoides. The latter species should have the same kind of vestiture on the anepimeron in the female as in the male (i. e., black setulae reaching the katepisternum), thus different from that of the true B. varicolor (= bezzii).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852C085B4396FF7BA285514D.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male, in SDEI, labelled: (1) “ Ceylon / Horn ” [printed on yellow paper; Walther Horn is the collector]; (2) “ Townsend det. ”; (3) My red holotype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Dissected by K. R. T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin. The left fore leg glued to another card on pin. Genitalia in glycerol in microvial on pin (Figs. 26 – 34, 37). Paratypes. BMNH: 1 male labelled (1) “ Ceylon. / E. E. Green. / 1910 — 415 [printed] ”; (2) “ Kandy / Ceylon, 6 - 02 ” [printed, except the numbers which are handwritten]; (3) “ Bengalia varicolor / F. (= latro Meij.) / R. SW det. 1923. ” [handwritten in Senior-White’s hand in pencil; text following the word “ varicolor ” “ indéchiffrable ” according to Lehrer (2006 a: 7)] (Fig. 43); (4) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ”; (5) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ”; (6) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). The specimen carries the genital capsule and a few abdominal sternites including the ST 5 flap mounted in darkened Canada balsam on a clear plastic stage below the specimen (itself staged on a piece of the same clear plastic) (Figs. 42, 43). 1 male labelled (1) “ Kanthalla [= Kantalai] / Ceylon / 31. vii. 1890 / Lt. Col. Yerbury / 92.192 ”; (2) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ”; (3) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Dissected by Lehrer. Dissected genitalia transferred to glass microvial from Lehrer’s large plastic vial by K. R. 1 male labelled (1) “ Naraikkadu, 2500 ' – 3000 ' / Tinnevelly Dt. [= Tirunelveli district] / South India. 12. III. 36 ” [Tamil Nadu]; (2) “ Afridigalia ♂ / emarginata (Malloch) / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ”; (3) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). MNHN: 1 male labelled (1) “ MUSEUM PARIS / CEYLAN / KANDY / M. MAINDRON 1902 ” [printed]; (2) “ KANDY / 15 – 28 mai 1901 ” [printed]; (3) “ varicolor / F. ” [black ink in Séguy’s hand]; (4) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Placed under “ Bengalia latro ” in the General collection. Dissected by K. R. (Fig. 40, 41). 1 male labelled (1) “ CEYLAN / M. MAINDRON ” [printed]; (2) “ KANDY / 15 – 28 mai 1901 ” [printed]; (3) “ MUSEUM PARIS / COTE DE MALABAR / MAHÉ / M. MAINDRON 1902 ” [printed]; (4) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). The presence of label (3) must be due to an error, since Mahé is on the Malabar Coast, in Kerala, India, thus contradicting label (1). I assume this specimen is from Kandy also. Placed under “ Bengalia latro ” in the General collection. Left undissected. 1 male labelled (1) “ CEYLAN / M. MAINDRON ” [printed]; (2) “ KANDY / 15 – 28 mai 1901 ” [printed]; (3) “ MUSEUM PARIS / CEYLAN / KANDY / M. MAINDRON 1902 ” [printed]; (4) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Placed under “ Bengalia fuscipennis ” in the General collection. Left undissected. NHRM: 1 male labelled (1) “ INDIA, Trivandrum district / Ponmudi rain forest / 12. IV. 1990 / B. Gustafson ” [printed] [Kerala]; (2) “ Bengalia ♂ / emarginata / Malloch, 1927 / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (3) “ NRM Sthlm / Loan 1712 / 08 ” [printed green label] (Figs. 35, 36); (4) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Dissected by K. R. SDEI: 1 male with same original labels as holotype. My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). Not dissected (Figs. 38, 39). This specimen has a very deep ST 5 flap excavation, deeper than in the holotype, almost reaching halfway to base, and thus approaching the depth of the excavation in the illustration by Senior-White (1923 a: Plate IX) (as latro). SMNS: 1 male labelled (1) “ Bengalia / emarginata Malloch / B. Herting det. ” [Herting’s handwriting, except last line]; (2) “ Ceylon / Maschwitz leg. ” [Herting’s handwriting]; (3) My red paratype label (emarginatoides n. sp.). The ST 5 flap is quite typical: pale yellow colour with a distal, deep excavation similar to the one shown in Fig. 38, no depression along lateral edges whether seen from the side or above.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88520085E4396FA81A0F15691.taxon	description	Figs. 44 – 53, 175, 188, 200. Holotype male, China (Fujian, Yenpingfu) (BMNH), by original designation. For details see Type material below. The synonymy below (and, consequently, the distribution) is tentative as far as many of the Chinese provinces are concerned. In view of the fact that a new species from Yunnan (see B. weii below) is based on specimens which all carried a “ Bengalia varicolor ” determination label, it is to be expected that several other records of “ varicolor ” from China by Chinese authors may actually refer to specimens belonging to B. weii or even other, undescribed species, rather than to B. emdeniella. Bengalia varicolor: Fan, 1965: 193, figs. 753 – 755. Misidentification, not varicolor Fabricius. China (Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). Note. The vertical sclerotised sheet in the aedeagus of varicolor as interpreted by Fan (1965: fig. 755; repeated in later Chinese publications), and by Lehrer (2005, as fanzideliana) is very narrow (dorsoventrally) in lateral view, but has a slight emargination along the anterior edge as in the emdeniella holotype. The narrowness may be due to foreshortening due to perspective of an aedeagus perhaps being figured from a dried state, and I consider it as the same species as emdeniella (see next entries). In addition the vertical sclerotised sheet appears fused with the mid-dorsal wall of the aedeagus, just as is the case in emdeniella holotype. 52. Lateral finger of left side. Scale = 0.25 mm (Figure 47). Abbreviations: l. f. = lateral finger; pst. scl. = parastomal sclerite. Bengalia varicolor: Fan, 1992: 532, figs. 1108 a, 1108 i, 1108 m. Misidentification, not varicolor Fabricius. China (Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). Note. Fan again included Taiwan citing Hennig (1941), but Hennig’s specimens identified as varicolor belong mostly to emarginata Malloch (and a few to varicolor Fabricius). Bengalia varicolor: Fan, 1997: 451, figs. 139 a, 139 m, 139 i. Misidentification, not varicolor Fabricius. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang). Note. Fan again included Taiwan, but this time without citing Hennig (1941). However, the localities listed for Taiwan (Fan 1997: 452, lines 1 – 2), i. e., Anping, Hengchun [formerly Koshun], Sokutsu, Tainan (all in Chinese script) are those listed by Hennig (1941) under varicolor. [I consulted Chiu et al. (1984) for comparison of the Japanese and Chinese names for these localities]. Bengalia varicolor: Feng et al., 1998: 1381, fig. 2825 Jv. Misidentification, not varicolor Fabricius. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang). Note. Feng et al., included Taiwan, but again, most likely on the basis of Hennig (1941).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88520085E4396FA81A0F15691.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 15 mm (from Lehrer 2005). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.295 (n = 1) (measured on photograph). Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron with about 20 – 25 black setulae on upper part of posterior half, below lesser ampulla. Fore tibia in basal half with a row of small spine-like setae of about the same size (Fig. 175). Mid tibia with a fringe of somewhat prolonged thin posteroventral setae in distal part, longest setae about twice the tibial diameter. Fringe on hind tibia rather dense and long, situated on distal two-thirds or more of anteroventral surface, prominent also on ventral and posteroventral surface, the posteroventral fringe setae twice the tibial diameter or more. ST 5 flap (Fig. 50) longer than broad, with a deep marginal excavation almost reaching halfway to its base, and with diverging lateral edges. Cerci strongly curved in lateral view. Surstylus without vestiture on underside. Process of bacilliform sclerite with a long point. Distiphallus short and high, almost triangular in profile view. Projecting dorsolateral wings absent; middorsal wall broad, fused with vertical sclerotised sheet (Figs. 47, 51). Antlers rather short and projecting upwards and forwards, grooved on anterior side. No basal tooth present. Upper lip (Fig. 47, upper arrow) not projecting beyond base of antlers in dorsal view. [The mid-dorsal wall is ruptured along the midline in the only available genital preparation, rupture seen in Figs. 47, 51]. Lateral finger large (Figs. 45, 51, 52), spinose distally. Vertical sclerotised sheet very conspicuous and its anterior edge smooth, slightly concave, as seen in lateral view. Internal hypophallic lobes strongly converging as seen in ventral view. External hypophallic lobes folded in anterior part, presenting a forwardly facing wall, which is well sclerotised laterally, and which backwards (Fig. 47) and also inwards (Figs. 45, 51). Each parastomal sclerite has a small dorsal projection basally (Fig. 51). Female. Unknown.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88520085E4396FA81A0F15691.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88520085E4396FA81A0F15691.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Afridigalia emdeniella Lehrer, 2005. Holotype male, in BMNH, labelled (1) “ Pres. By / Com. Inst. Ent. / B. M. 1954 - 110. ” [printed]; (2) “ Suenson ” [printed]; (3) “ COM. INST: ENT: / COLL. NO. 11715 ” [printed]; (4) “ China ” [printed]; (5) “ SP. NOV. ” [handwritten]; (6) “ YENPINGFU / Fukian Prov. / E. Suenson / 16 MAY 1935 ” [printed large label]; (7) “ Bengalia / varicolor F. / van Emden det 1953 ” [handwritten, except “ van Emden det 195 ” which is printed]; (8) “ Bengalia ♂ / emdeniella Lehrer n. sp. / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [printed]; (9) “ HOLOTYPUS ” [red printed label]; (10) “ Bengalia ♂ / emdeniella Lehrer n. sp. / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [printed]; (11) “ Published as / Afridigalia emdeniella / Lehrer, 2005: 38 / K. Rognes 23. v. 2008 ” [printed]. The specimen is in good condition, one fore leg glued to card on pin. Dissected by Lehrer. Genitalia transferred to glass microvial from original large opaque plastic vial by K. R. Lehrer (2005) renders the type locality as “ Yenpingen ” but that is an error (cf. Fig. 53).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	description	Figs. 54 – 63, 176, 189, 201.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype male, China (Guizhou Province, Anshun, Ganpu tree farm) (CDPCAG), by original designation. For details see Type material below. Bengalia fani Feng & Wei in Feng et al., 1998: 1378, figs. 2820 Jv (ST 5 flap), 2820 L 1 (genital capsule in profile view), 2820 R (distiphallus in dorsal view). Holotype male, by original designation, China (Guizhou) (CDPCAG). Examined.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 10 – 12 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.363 – 0.375, mean 0.368 (n = 4). Easily recognised in the male sex by the presence of 2 – 3 proclinate orbital setae (the hindmost one directed a little laterally) on each side in front of the reclinate prevertical seta. Lunula bare. Anepimeron with a tuft of 10 – 25 long black thin setae on upper part of posterior half. Fore tibia with two very closely set ventral rows of small spine-like setae of same size in basal half (Fig. 176). Mid tibia without fringe distally, any prolonged setae shorter than tibial diameter. Hind tibia with an anteroventral fringe of long setae on about distal half. The fringe varies in density, and usually extends on the posteroventral side. Femora are very dark, except sometimes the front one. Abdomen rather dark and the black marginal bands occupy about the hindmost third of the tergites. The anterior yellow parts of the tergites very dark in some lights and covered with microtomentum giving a shifting pattern. ST 5 flap (Fig. 60) about as long as broad, a deep distal excavation present, lateral edges curved but roughly parallel. Cerci strongly curved in profile view (Fig. 59). The surstyli placed rather low on the epandrium (Fig. 59). Distiphallus with an extremely prolonged distal half. Antler narrow and pointed. Lateral finger very long and denticulate on more than distal half. Internal hypophallic lobes very strongly converging, almost touching midventrally, distally widening out and transforming into two broad strongly sclerotised ventral bands which continue almost to the tip of the distiphallus. The distance between the bands increases towards the middle and then decreases again. External hypophallic lobe folded distally, presenting a forward-facing wall. Ventral finger sharply triangular, projecting and pointed. Vertical sclerotised sheet fused with mid-dorsal wall forming a lateral sheet carrying the antlers and lateral fingers. Upper lip shaped like a transverse oval. Characteristic structures are present encircling the ejaculatory opening (Figs. 56, 61, 62). The figure in Feng et al. (1998: 1379, fig. 2820 L 1) shows the antler and lateral finger both to project ventrally on one side of the distiphallus. This was also the condition of the holotype when I received it for examination. This is an artifact caused by the dried condition of the distiphallus. Female. Length: 10.5 – 12 mm (n = 2). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.371 – 0.375, mean 0.373 (n = 2). ST 2 – 4 each with a pair of strong marginal setae, with some short black ground setae along hind margin and with yellow ground setulae on disc. ST 3 and ST 4 also with black ground vestiture in broad bands along sides. ST 5 much longer than broad at base, without strong marginal setae, with black ground setae all over. ST 3 shorter than other sternites, which are of about the same length.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	description	Description. An English translation of the Chinese original description is given in Appendix 1.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guizhou, Yunnan).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8852508604396FCC4A5EA5098.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Bengalia fani Feng & Wei in Feng et al., 1998. Holotype male, in CDPCAG, labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Ganpu Tree Farm, 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 14 May 1985 ” [in Chinese, print on white label] (Fig. 63); (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ” [print on white label]; (3) “ ♂ / Holotype ” [handwritten on red label]. The specimen is in good condition. Right mid leg is lacking, left mid leg glued to card on pin below specimen. Dissected by K. R. Abdominal tergites T 1 – 5 glued to card. Dissected parts in glycerol in glass microvial on pin below labels. Other material. CDPCAG: 1 male labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Ganpu Tree Farm, 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 16 October 1990 ” [in Chinese, print on white label]; (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ♂ ” [print on white label, male symbol in red]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Ganpu Tree Farm, 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 30 May 1993 ” [in Chinese, print on white label, parts of date handwritten]; (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ♀ ” [print on white label, female symbol in red]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Jiaozishan Hill 1400 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 21 July 1991 ” [in Chinese, print on white label, parts of date handwritten]; (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ♂ ” [print on white label, male symbol in red]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Jiuhuashan Hill, Ninggu, Anshun City 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 20 July 2008 ” [in Chinese, print on white label]; (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ♂ ” [print on white label, male symbol in red]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou / Jichang, Anshun City 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 6 April 2008 ” [in Chinese, print on white label]; (2) “ C 032 … [Chinese name for B. fani] / Bengalia fani Feng / et Wei, 1996 ♀ ” [print on white label, female symbol in red]. Material not examined. Dr. Wei Lianmeng (pers. comm. in e-mail 15 January 2009) reports to have collected 1 male and 1 female of B. fani also in Yunnan province (Jīzú Shān, 2200 – 2700 m 6 – 8 August 1994, Wei Lianmeng & Liu Meihua leg.) apart from several other localities in Guizhou province.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851B08654396FAF3A217571D.taxon	description	Figs. 64 – 82, 177, 190, 202. Holotype male, Philippines (Luzon, Mt. Makiling) (BMNH), by original designation. For details see Type material below. “ 7. Bengalia sp. incerta ♂. ”: Bezzi, 1913: 78 (as “ sp. incerta Nr. 2. ” in key p. 74). “ Ein Männchen aus Los Banos, Philippinen, in meiner Sammlung, von Prof. Baker erhalten … “. Examined. Note. This refers to a male specimen in MSNM which subsequently served as the holotype of Afridigalia laguna Lehrer. As detailed below, it carries a label in Bezzi’s hand reading “ Bengalia inermis n. sp. ” Bengalia inermis was described by Malloch in 1927 from a single “ Type ” from Mt. Maquiling, Philippines, thus a holotype was designated. The laguna holotype is therefore not a syntype of inermis (even though it carries a printed label reading “ inermis SYNTYPUS ”). Malloch (1927: 414) mentions it and thinks that this particular specimen in coll. Bezzi might belong to the same taxon as his own inermis (“ [T] his may be the species “ sp. incerta No. 2 ” of Bezzi’s paper on the genus … ”). He may have corresponded about it with Bezzi, and Bezzi as a result possibly wrote the name on a label in his own hand and put it on the specimen in anticipation of Malloch’s paper (Bezzi died in 1927 and is mentioned as “ the late Dr. M. Bezzi ” in Malloch’s paper, p. 412). This might explain the presence of a n. sp. label in Bezzi’s hand on a specimen of a species Bezzi did not describe himself.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851B08654396FAF3A217571D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A bright yellow species. Male. Length: 13 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.283 – 0.292 (mean 0.285, n = 4). Lunula bare. Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron with yellow setulae only. Legs yellow. Fore tibia without spine-like setae on ventral side (Fig. 177). Mid tibia with a fringe of long thin pv setae in distal half, longest setae 1.5 – 2.0 x tibial diameter (Fig. 190). Hind tibia with a dense fringe of long av, v and pv setae on distal two-thirds (Fig. 202). Abdomen almost all yellow with narrow (1 / 6) black marginal bands. ST 5 flap (Figs. 71, 78) almost square, with the hind edge straight or slightly concave. Cerci slightly curved distally. Surstylus without vestiture below. The triangular projection of the bacilliform sclerite short and blunt. Distiphallus with prominent dorsolateral wings and broad, backwardly curved antlers. Basal tooth strong. Tip of antlers with 2 – 5 tines. Upper lip projecting beyond base of antlers, distal edge convex in dorsal view, underside concave as seen from in front (Fig. 73). Lateral finger small (Figs. 66, 72). Ventral finger strongly projecting below midventral wall in profile view, its anterior edge smooth, without denticles (Figs. 67, 72). Internal hypophallic lobes only slightly converging in ventral view, distal part of outer hypophallic lobe moderately folded with a distinct shelf (Fig. 66). Female. Unknown to me.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851B08654396FAF3A217571D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Philippines.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851B08654396FAF3A217571D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia inermis Malloch, 1927. Holotype male, in BMNH, labelled (1) “ Holo- / type ” [printed on circular label with broad red margin]; (2) “ Mt. Makiling / Luzon, Baker ” [printed]; (3) “ Brit. Mus. / 1923 – 423 ” [first line printed, second handwritten]; (4) “ Bengalia / inermis / Type / Det. / J R Malloch ” [first three lines handwritten in Malloch’s hand, last two lines printed]; (5) “ See slide / collection. ” [printed]. Label on slide, in BMNH, reads: “ Bengalia / inermis Mall / Holotype / BM: 1923: 423 / [black line across label] / mounted / 25 – 7 – 38 J. SMART ” [label handwritten, except “ Holotype ” which is printed on circular white label with broad red margin glued to main label, and “ J SMART ” which is printed; also black printed line all around label]. Afridigalia laguna Lehrer, 2005. Holotype male, in MSNM, labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed; note two pinholes (Fig. 80)]; (2) “ 76 ” [handwritten number]; (3) “ Bengalia sp. nov. / peut être ♂ de / B. javana Macq. ” [black-rimmed label with three thin ruled black lines in Surcouf’s handwriting]; (4) “ Bengalia / inermis / n. sp. ” [black ink in Bezzi’s handwriting]; (5) “ inermis / SYNTYPUS ” [printed museum label]; (6) “ Bengalia ♂ / laguna Lehrer sp. n. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2005 ” [printed]; (7) “ Bengalia ♂ / laguna Lehrer sp. n. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2005 ” [printed]; (8) “ HOLOTYPUS ” [black print on white label, latter glued to larger red label]; (9) “ Published as / Afridigalia laguna / Lehrer 2005: 48 / K. Rognes 23. vi. 2008 ” [printed]; (10) My determination label (inermis Malloch). Note. The specimen was badly damaged in the mail at reception, but the genitalia, which were kept in a big plastic vial, arrived safely. I have glued head, wings, abdomen, one fore femur, one mid leg and two hind legs to a card on a separate pin labelled “ From holotype of / Afridigalia laguna Lehrer, 2005 / Specimen crushed in accident / in mail ”. Genital parts in glycerol have been transferred from original big plastic vial to glass microvial on pin where it is placed between labels (9) and (10). The ST 5 flap is partly destroyed (as shown in Lehrer’s fig. 19 A). In the aedeagus both antlers are broken off halfway (Figs 81, 82), basal tooth finger. broken at base on right side, left basal tooth intact. The ventral finger is bent stronger than usual towards base of aedeagus. Upper lip is intact. In his key to species Lehrer (2005: 23) defines the species on the assumption that the “ Apophyses latérales postérieures [= antlers] sont large, courtes, ayant le bout taillé en biais ... ”, whereas they are clearly broken, a fact also suggested by Lehrer’s fig. 19 C. Afridigalia laguna is therefore clearly based on an artifact. Lehrer seems not to have understood that the antlers are not in their pristine state. Without ever mentioning B. inermis as a valid species in his book, Lehrer nevertheless notes that the “ … ptéropleures [= anepimeron] sont brunes avec de poils jaunes … ” and he is the only witness to the fact that the fore tibiae are “ ... exceptionnellement, sans ctenidium proximo-ventral ” [fore tibiae both destroyed in mail], exactly the reason why Malloch named his species inermis (= latin for unarmed). Ashokiana ramsdalei Lehrer, 2005. Holotype male, in BPBM, labelled: (1) “ H. M. Torrevillas / Collector / BISHOP ” [printed]; (2) “ P. I. CAMARINES / SUR, Mt. Iriga (500 m, 27. III. 1962 ” [printed]; (3) “ HOLOTYPE ” [printed white label glued to larger red label] / “ 17040 ” [pencil writing on red part of label]; (4) “ Ashokiana ♂ / ramsdalei Lehrer n. sp. / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2004 ” [printed]; (5) “ Ashokiana ♂ / ramsdalei Lehrer n. sp. / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2004 ” [printed]; (6) My determination label (inermis Malloch). Dissected by Lehrer. Note. The abdomen is intact except for the genitalia and ST 5 flap which have been removed, probably by Lehrer. The epandrial complex (bacilliform sclerite present on one side only, other side lost), aedeagus with pre- and postgonites plus the basal part of the phallapodeme (i. e., the long-legged intermedium piece), and the ST 5 flap were stored in a plastic vial at reception of the holotype in the mail. I have transferred the genitalia to glycerol in a glass microvial pinned below the specimen. The holotype has a rather peculiar aedeagus according to the detailed figure by Lehrer (2005: 78, fig. 34 C). Rather than reflecting a separate species and genus, however, I have to conclude that the peculiar structure is simply an artifact resulting from an effort (most likely on the part of Lehrer himself) to pry loose the aedeagus from the epandrium to which it has apparently been glued by accident. This effort has partly destroyed the distiphallus by rupturing its midventral wall. The explanation, as I see it, follows below. When received by me the aedeagus was glued with its apex to the side of the epandrium near the anal membrane, apparently because of some accident from treatment with glycerol jelly or some other substance (no details are given by Lehrer) (Figs. 74, 75). It was impossible to disconnect the aedeagus from the epandrium by heating the joined complex carefully in a water bath at near boiling point. Nevertheless, it was perfectly possible to study most of the aedeagus. The upper lip could not be observed, but the antlers were clearly visible. Seen from the left side (Fig 76), the distiphallus matches perfectly the drawing by Lehrer (2005: 78, fig. 34 C). Other angles of view revealed that the peculiar structure of the distiphallus, which led Lehrer to establish the nominal genus Ashokiana (Lehrer, 2005: 22, 78), is simply an artifact resulting from a failed effort to pry loose the aedeagus from the epandrial complex. Evidently pressure has been applied to the basal part of the aedeagus with the attached pre- and postgonites in the hope that the aedeagus might come loose. In the process the ventral wall of the distiphallus has simply ruptured in the middle (between * * in Fig. 77). The basal third of the mid-ventral wall (mv. w.) has remained unharmed but displays a distal termination edge which is angular in ventral view. The peculiar appendix described by Lehrer in the key to Ashokiana on p. 22 [“ [d] istiphallus a une structure particulière dans sa partie antéro-inférieure, formée d’une portion supérieure membraneuse et pourvue d’épines récurrentes et d’une portion inférieure plus ou moins sclérifiée et sous forme d’auge ”] is the combined distal two-thirds of the midventral wall (mv. w.) plus parts of the hypophallic lobes that have been torn away from and forming an angle with the remainder of the distiphallus as seen in lateral view. Seen from the ventral side the free edge of the projecting appendix has an angular excavation of exactly the same shape as the distal edge of the basal part of the ventral wall, together revealing exactly where the rupture has occurred (between * * in Fig 77). The “ portion supérieure membraneuse et pourvue d’épines récurrentes ” is simply the torn away internal hypophallic lobes (int. hy. l.), and the “ portion inférieure plus ou moins sclérifiée et sous forme d’auge ” is the distal two-thirds of the midventral wall (mv. w.). Comparing fig. 19 C (inermis Malloch, as laguna Lehrer) and fig. 34 C (inermis Malloch, as ramsdalei Lehrer) in Lehrer (2005) one can immediately convince oneself of this fact. Close inspection reveals that the membranous part is a bilateral structure as expected, and on the right side it is broken closer to the “ auge ” than on the other, so that a considerable part of the internal hypophallic lobe remains in situ on the right side (int. hy. l. (right)) to the lower left in Fig. 77). On the left side the whole internal hypophallic lobe (int. hy. l. (left)) is torn away from its natural position. Similarly, a close look at the distal part of the ventral wall [“ … sclérifiée et sous forme d’auge ”] reveals that it is quite similar to the one in a normal inermis distiphallus in ventral view. The pressure applied to the distiphallus has also caused a vertical rupture in the middle of the external hypophallic lobe on the right side, resulting in a posterior displacement of the lateral finger and shelf area away from the proximal parts of the lobe (Fig. 75). There has also been a rupture in the lateral wall on the left side resulting in an artificially large distance between the shelf area (shelf) of the external hypophallic lobe and the lateral finger (l. f.) (Fig. 76). This is represented by a large clear area in Lehrer’s fig. 34 C (Lehrer 2005: 78). Finally, the removal of the distal parts of the mid-ventral wall from its normal position has displaced the distal parts of the remaining external hypophallic lobes, including the ventral finger (v. f.), towards the midline so as to fill the gap (Figs. 75, 77). In view of Lehrer’s careful reproduction of the Ashokiana distiphallus it is surprising that he was not aware of the fact that it had already been partly destroyed when he made his drawing. It is equally surprising that Lehrer did not report on the condition of the genitalia of his type specimen (fusion of the epandrial complex with the tip of aedeagus, the rupture of the mid-ventral wall of latter, etc.) and that he failed to understand the true reason behind the peculiar shape of the aedeagus of his ramsdalei holotype. The holotype of ramsdalei can safely be assigned to inermis on account of the shape of the ventral finger (long, curved and denticulate on posterior side only), small curved lateral finger, broad antlers terminating in several small points and with a strong and long basal tooth and broad dorsolateral wings. The shape of the ST 5 flap, the chaetotaxy of the legs, only yellow setulae on anepimeron, bright yellow body colour and narrow marginal bands on abdominal tergites support this assignment. Other material. SDEI: 1 male labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed; note one pinhole only]; (2) My determination label (inermis Malloch). Dissected by K. R. Abdominal T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin, genitalia in glycerol in vial on pin. Genitalia shown in Figs. 64 – 73.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851E08694396FC66A3AB557B.taxon	description	Figs. 83 – 97, 178, 191, 203. Lectotype male, Indonesia (Java, Semarang) (ZMAN), here designated. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851E08694396FC66A3AB557B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species often with somewhat darkened scutum, pleura, and abdomen; latter sometimes with rather broad black marginal bands. Male. Length: 7 – 13 mm (mean 10.1 mm, n = 7). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.317 – 0.358 (mean 0.336, n = 13). Lunula bare. Frontal vitta usually bright yellow anteriorly, often contrasting strongly with darker hind part. Fronto-orbital plate usually without proclinate orbital setae, but a paralectotype male (ZMAN … 0118.11) has two proclinate orbital setae on each side, about 2 / 3 as long as the reclinate prevertical seta. The other males sometimes have a few of the orbital hairs outside of the frontal setae somewhat enlarged but never as strong. Legs yellow, femora often darkened, especially on anterior side. Anepimeron with a bundle of about 25 black setulae among the yellow ground vestiture, all well separated from the katepisternum. Fore tibia (Fig. 178) with 7 – 8 small ventral spine-like setae in proximal half, 2 – 3 larger than the others; prolonged ground setulae forming a slight fringe distally on ventral side, the setae longer than tibial diameter. Mid tibia with pv fringe distally, fringe setulae much longer than tibial diameter (Fig. 191). Hind tibia with fringe of long densely set av, v and (to a lesser extent) pv setae at distal half or two-thirds (Fig. 203). ST 5 flap (Fig. 90) with a usually straight or very slightly convex posterior border as seen from above, Cerci narrow in dorsal view, curved in lateral view. Surstylus with a dense cover of pale setulae on ventral side (Fig. 83). Triangular projection of bacilliform sclerite pointed. ventral view. 87. Distiphallus, left lateral view. 88. Cerci and surstyli, dorsal view. 89. Cerci and surstyli, left lateral view. 90. ST 5 flap. 91. Area around lateral and ventral fingers, enlarged view. 92. Distiphallus from in front. Scale = 0.25 mm (Figures 84, 86, 87). Abbreviations: l. f. = lateral finger; v. f. = ventral finger. Distiphallus with prominent dorsolateral wings and broad, backwardly curving antlers with 2 – 3 tines at tip. Basal tooth strong. Upper lip projecting beyond base of antlers, distal edge convex in dorsal view, underside strongly concave as seen from in front (Figs. 87, 96). Lateral finger very conspicuous: long, thick, slightly curved, denticulate on all sides and projecting far beyond lateral edges of the hypophallic lobes (Figs. 84, 86, 91, 92). Ventral finger a narrow process in lateral view, projecting well below midventral wall, its anterior edge smooth, without denticles (Figs. 87, 91, 92). Inner and outer hypophallic lobes parallel, not converging with their counterparts. Outer hypophallic lobe with a conspicuous shelf (Figs. 86, 87, 91). Anterior end of midventral wall level with distal end of dorsolateral wings (thus much farther forward than in varicolor. Female. Length: 7 – 11 mm (mean 9.4 mm, n = 4). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.333 – 0.350 (mean 0.342, n = 6). ST 2 as long as wide with 2 well separated strong (though short) erect marginals, sometimes with 2 smaller, one outside each (4 in all). ST 3 very short with 2 strong erect marginals as distant as the strong ones on ST 2, and sometimes with 1 – 2 smaller on their inside. ST 4 twice as long as ST 3 with 6 strong mostly erect marginals in groups of three. The middle in each group stronger than the others, and erect, but sometimes the smaller setae are not developed. ST 5 about as long as ST 2, broadly triangular, hind end narrower than front end, broadly rounded, with two strong marginals.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851E08694396FC66A3AB557B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Indonesia (Java, also Sumatra [female specimen below]).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851E08694396FC66A3AB557B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia latro de Meijere, 1910. This species was described on the basis of an unknown number of male and female specimens captured in “ Semarang, Januar, November; Gunung Ungaran, October, Jacobson leg.; Semarang, Dezember, Drescher leg. ”. All the localities are in Java, Indonesia. The syntypes present in RMNH and ZMAN, their labels, and their depository have been reported by de Jong (2000: 111). In addition there are two overlooked male syntypes present in USNM. All material has been examined and is detailed below. To fix the identity of the name Bengalia latro de Meijere, I have selected and labelled a lectotype. I have labelled all the remaining type material with red paralectotype labels. All the original syntypes of B. latro are conspecific, except for one female in RMNH which lacks a pair of discal setae on T 5. Its abdominal sternites are shaped quite differently and have a different vestiture compared to the other syntypic females. It is obviously another species than latro. Lectotype male, here designated, in ZMAN, labelled (1) “ E. JACOBSON / Samarang. Java / Nov. 1909 ” [printed]; (2) “ 13 / 57 ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meijere, 1910 / ZMAN type DIPT. 0118.12 ” [printed on red museum label]; (4) My red lectotype label (latro de Meijere) (Fig. 95). Dissected by K. R. Abdominal tergites glued to card on pin. Genitalia in glycerol in glass microvial on separate pin with similar lectotype label. Paralectotypes. RMNH: 1 male and 1 female labelled (1) “ Java I. ’ 06 / Semarang. / Jacobson. ” [printed, except “ I. ’ 06 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / det. de Meijere. ” [handwritten in de Meijere’s hand, except third line which is printed] (Fig. 97). Male dissected by K. R. 1 female labelled (1) “ Semarang / Jacobson ” [handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro. / det. de Meijere. / Cotype ” [handwritten, except third line which is printed]; (3) “ Bengalia sp. (f) / not latro de Meijere / T 5 without discal setae / ST 2 - 5 very different / from latro / K. Rognes det. 2009 ”. This female lacks a pair of discal setae on T 5 and is definitely not latro. It is also much larger than the other syntypic females and the ST 2 – 5 are completely different in shape and setosity. 1 male labelled (1) “ Java / Jacobson ” [handwritten]; (2) “ Mus. Leiden ” [printed], (3) “ Bengalia / latro / det. de Meijere. ” [handwritten in de Meijere’s hand, except third line which is printed]. USNM: 1 male labelled (1) “ Java I. ’ 06 / Semarang. / Jacobson. ” [printed, except “ I. ’ 06 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ SYNTYPE / Bengalia / latro / De Meijere 1910 / N. E. Woodley ’ 94 ” [red label, handwritten except “ N. E. Woodley ” which is printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meij. / det. de Meijere ” [handwritten, upright script, not de Meijere’s]; (4) “ B. latro is in synonymy with / varicolor in James (1977) / but this specimen is / not that species. NEW ’ 94 ” [white handwritten label in N. E. Woodley’s hand]; (5) “ USNM / 2046748 ” [printed on white label]. Flap of ST 5 intact and visible. Genital capsule removed and glued to card below specimen, above labels [aedeagus broken, but cerci, surstyli, pre- and postgonites visible]. 1 male labelled (1) “ E. Jacobson / Samarang. Java / Nov. 1909 ” [printed]; (2) “ 13 / 58 ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro de Meij. ” [handwritten folded white label in de Meijere’s hand, handwriting compared with same writing on RMNH specimens]; (4) “ USNM / 2046748 ” [printed on white label]. I had an accident with this specimen, and the left mid leg was knocked off and the tarsus lost. The leg has been glued to a card below the specimen above the labels. This male, still undissected but with the ST 5 flap visible, and the female from Sumatra 1925 (see below) were studied by Malloch (1927: 410 – 412), but the genitalia he figured, including the ST 5 flap, were not from any of these specimens. See treatment of Bengalia varicolor Fabricius, 1805, below. ZMAN: 1 female labelled (1) “ Semarang / Drescher. / 12.1905 ” [printed, except “ 12 ” and “ 05 ” which are handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meijere, 1910 / ZMAN type DIPT. 0118.1 ” [printed on red museum label]. 3 males and 3 females labelled (1) “ Java I. ’ 06 / Semarang. / Jacobson ” [printed, except “ I. ’ 06 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meijere, 1910 / ZMAN type DIPT. 0118.2 – 4 [for the males] 5 – 7 [for the females] ” [printed on red museum label]. 4 males labelled (1) “ E. Jacobson / Samarang. Java / Nov. 1909 ” [printed]; (2) “ 13 / 56 ”, “ 13 / 46 ”, “ 13 / 48 ”, “ 13 / 52 ”, respectively; the one with the “ 13 / 56 ” label also carries a small label reading “ ♂ ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meijere, 1910 / ZMAN type DIPT. 0118.8 – 11 ” [printed on red museum label]. One of these males (… 0118.11) has two proclinate orbital setae on each side. Afridigalia tenggeria Lehrer, 2006 a. Holotype male, in BMNH, labelled (1) “ WEST JAVA: / Tengger Mts. / Nungkodjadjar. / 4000 '. V. 1938 / B. M. 1962 - 651 ” [printed]; (2) “ Afridigalia ♂ / tenggeria n. sp / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ” [printed pink label]; (3) “ Afridigalia ♂ / tenggeria n. sp / HOLOTYPUS / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ” [printed pink even larger label]; (4) My determination label (latro de Meijere). The specimen was somewhat damaged in the mail at reception. On the left side the fore and mid legs lack the tarsus. On the right side the mid leg lacks the tibia and tarsus. The right hind leg with three tarsomeres intact was loose in the box together with four tarsal fragments. The abdomen had been dissected and has spots of glue. The ST 5 flap and the genitalia were in glycerol in a large plastic vial. The distiphallus had the left antler broken at base. I have transferred the genitalia to a smaller glass microvial with glycerol and Other material. USNM: 1 female labelled (1) “ Fort de Kock / (Sumatra) 920 m / 1925 / leg. E. Jacobson. ” [printed]; (2) “ Bengalia / latro / de Meij. / det. E. Jacobson ” [handwritten, similar to writing on male from Java ’ 06 in USNM, above; possibly Jacobson’s?]; (3) My determination label (latro de Meijere). This female was studied by Malloch (1927: 410 – 412).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88512086B4396FE9DA03952E2.taxon	description	Figs. 98 – 108, 179, 192, 204, 214, 215. Holotype male, Philippines (Palawan) (ZMUC), by original designation. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88512086B4396FE9DA03952E2.taxon	materials_examined	Note. Not examined, but Rueda’s illustrations of the ST 5 flap (fig. 17) and the aedeagus in dorsal view leave no doubt about the identity of his material.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88512086B4396FE9DA03952E2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 10 – 11 mm (n = 4). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.308 – 0.329 (mean 0.316, n = 7). Lunula bare. Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron with a small tuft of 8 – 15 black setulae. Fore tibia with a bundle of strong spine-like setae on proximal half of ventral surface, the largest seta slightly longer than tibial diameter (Fig. 179). Mid tibia without elongated pv or other setulae distally, only short ground setulae present, much shorter than diameter of tibia (Fig. 192). Hind tibia with long av setae in a not very dense fringe occupying a little more than distal half, no long setae in fringe on v or pv side, only a few short erect setulae (Fig. 204). ST 5 flap (Fig. 105) almost square with a hind border which varies from almost straight with a slight emargination only, to a type with a quite deep emargination, the bottom of which forms a right angle. Cerci (Figs. 102, 103) with a depression in middle as seen in profile. Surstylus without vestiture below. The dorsal projection of the bacilliform sclerite is rather long and blunt. Distiphallus with a strongly sclerotised upper lip in the form of a narrow, elongate and slightly upturned process (Figs. 98 – 100). Mid-dorsal wall perforated by a long dorsal opening along most of its length (Fig. 98, d. o.). Dorsolateral wings projecting horizontally. Antlers hardly sclerotised, short, slightly upturned and grooved on dorsal side, with small irregular processes basally and distally at the front wall of the groove. Lateral finger long and strong, projecting from a prominent vertical sclerotised sheet (Figs. 99, 100, 107). No ventral finger found. External hypophallic lobe inconspicuous, slightly folded in middle and weakly denticulate. Internal hypophallic lobes strongly reduced, without denticles, originating as very low folds close together near base of distiphallus and diverging towards middle and then disappearing. From within the distiphallus two strong sclerotisations curve outwards and forwards, enclosing between them two balloon-like structures with a complex system of internal sclerotisations on each side at the distal end of the ventral part of the distiphallus (Figs. 99, 100). Female. Length: 9 – 10 mm (n = 5). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.308 – 0.342 (mean 0.324, n = 6). ST 1 – 5 and ovipositor as shown Figs. 214, 215. A pair of strong marginals on ST 2 – 4. ST 5 elongate oval.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88512086B4396FE9DA03952E2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Philippines.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88512086B4396FE9DA03952E2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia lyneborgi James, 1966. Holotype male, Philippines (Palawan, Brooke’s Point, Uring Uring, 22 August 1961) (ZMUC). Only photographs of ST 5 flap examined. ST 5 flap about as shown in Fig. 105. Paratypes (all ZMUC). 1 male labelled (1) “ Philippines, Palawan / Brookes Point / Uring Uring / 19 August 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ” [printed]; (2) “ Caught in / Malaise- / traps ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / lyneborgi / ♂ James / PARATYPE ” [red handwritten label]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Philippines, Palawan / Brookes Point / Uring Uring / 20 August 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ” [printed] (dried genitalia on label) (Figs 104, 108); (2) “ Caught in / Malaise- / traps ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / lyneborgi / ♂ James / PARATYPE ” [red handwritten label]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Philippines, Palawan / Brookes Point / Uring Uring / 25 August 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ” [printed]; (2) “ Caught in / Malaise- / traps ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / lyneborgi / ♂ James / PARATYPE ” [red handwritten label] (4) “ Dissected / January 2006 / By Knut Rognes ” [printed]. Abdominal tergites glued to card on pin, genitalia in glass microvial on pin (Figs. 98 – 103, 106 – 107). 1 female labelled (1) “ Philippines, Palawan / Brookes Point / Uring Uring / 25 August 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ” [printed]; (2) “ Caught in / Malaise- / traps ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / lyneborgi / ♀ James / PARATYPE ” [red handwritten label]; (4) “ G. pr. 336 / K. Rognes det. 92. ” [handwritten, except “ K. Rognes det. ” which is printed]. Dissected by K. R.; spermathecae and common oviduct in glycerol in vial on pin; abdominal tergites T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin; ovipositor on slide G. pr. 336 (Figs. 214, 215). 1 male labelled (1) “ Philippines. Palawan / Mantalingajan / Pinigisan 600 m / 8 Sept. 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ”; (2) “ Bengalia / lyneborgi / ♂ James / PARATYPE ” [red handwritten label]. Not dissected. Other material. USNM (all given my determination label (lyneborgi James )): 1 female labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ ♀ ” (printed in red); (3) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ 23392 ” [handwritten]; (3) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ 23392 ” [handwritten]; (3) “ ♂ ” (printed in red); (4) card with genitalia (capsule and aedeagus complex) glued to one end; (5) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. ST 5 flap, in situ on abdominal tip, square with shallow excavation distally. 1 female labelled (1) “ Cuernos Mts / Negros, Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. 1 female labelled (1) “ Cuernos Mts / Negros, Baker [printed]; (2) “ Ochromyia / latro / de Meij. [handwritten] / Det. J. R. Malloch ” [printed] [folded label]; (3) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. 1 male labelled (1) “ Los Banos / P. I. Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ 995 ” [handwritten]; (3) card with right mid leg, right hind leg and dried genital capsule glued to one end; (4) “ ♂ ” [printed in red]; (5) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. ST 5 flap, in situ on abdominal tip, square with quite deep V-shaped incision distally. 1 male labelled (1) “ Mt. Makiling / Luzon, Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. Dried abdominal tergites folded over one end of upper label, genital capsule glued to other end; abdominal sternites including ST 5 flap not present. I have removed the genital capsule from label, boiled it in KOH, dissected the genitalia, and put all parts into a glass microvial with glycerol on the pin. 1 female labelled (1) “ Mt. Makiling / Luzon, Baker ” [printed]; (2) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]. ZMUC: 1 male labelled (1) “ Philippines, Palawan / Brookes Point / Uring Uring / 17 August 1961 / Noona Dan Exp. 61 – 62 ” [printed]; (2) “ Bengalia ♂ / lyneborgi / James, 1966 / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]. Dissected by K. R. (Fig. 105).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88510086D4396F8E2A0765075.taxon	description	Figs. 109 – 118, 180, 193, 205. Holotype male, Thailand (NMNS), by original designation. For details see Type material below. ventral finger.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88510086D4396F8E2A0765075.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 11 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.280 (n = 1). Lunula bare. Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron mostly covered with densely set black ground setulae, many reaching katepisternum. Only very few yellow ground setulae in lower hind part (close examination necessary). Femora darkened along upper side, fore femur also on anterior side, mid femur darkened all around. Fore tibia without ventral spine-like setae (Fig. 180). Mid tibia without fringe (Fig. 193). Hind tibia without fringe, only a row of 4 – 6 thin av setae (Fig. 205). ST 5 flap (Fig. 116) broad, slightly asymmetric, with diverging lateral edges, and a deep excavation in hind edge. Cerci strongly curved in profile view (Fig. 115). Surstylus bare below. Distiphallus with horizontal dorsolateral wings. Antlers simple, with no basal tooth. Upper lip not projecting beyond base of antlers. Distal edge of upper lip straight in dorsal view. Vertical sclerotised sheet prominent, with a depression in the anterior edge above the lateral finger. External hypophallic lobe folded in anterior part and forming an almost transverse forwardly facing wall with a strongly projecting and pointed ventral finger. Internal hypophallic lobes converging. Parastomal sclerites (Figs. 110, 111, 117) long, originating close together just below upper lip, curved, with concavity forwards, a small forward projection present slightly below middle. Female. Unknown. I expect the female of B. pseudovaricolor to be recognisable (and separable from the female of B. taksina) based on a relatively narrow frons and the mostly black vestiture on the anepimeron reaching katepisternum (like the males).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88510086D4396F8E2A0765075.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Thailand.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E88510086D4396F8E2A0765075.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia pseudovaricolor Kurahashi & Tumrasvin, 1979. Holotype male, in NMNS, labelled (1) “ THAILAND / Doi Pui, 1685 m / C. Chiang Mai / 16. IX. 1975 ” [printed]; (2) “ Collecter [sic] / R. Kano ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia ♂ / pseudovaricolor / sp. nov. / Det. H. Kurahashi, ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed; a black line below second line]; (4) “ Holotype ” [printed on red label] (Fig. 113).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851608704396FB69A2D05098.taxon	description	Figs. 119 – 129, 181, 194, 206. Holotype male, India (BMNH), by original designation. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851608704396FB69A2D05098.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 8 – 10 mm (n = 3). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.317 – 0.342 (mean 0.330, n = 5). Lunula bare. Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Anepimeron mostly clothed with yellow setulae, a small bundle of black setulae (3 – 15) on upper part just below lesser ampulla, numerous yellow ground setulae present in lower part, no black setulae reaching katepisternum. Fore tibia with two spine-like setae longer than the others, both a little shorter than tibial diameter (Fig. 181). Mid tibia without fringe of thin setae, all distal elongate setae shorter than tibial diameter (Fig. 194). Hind tibia with a row of 3 – 5 long thin setae on av surface of apical half in addition to the strong av seta, but without typical fringe (Fig. 206). ST 5 flap broad, with concave lateral edges (Fig. 127) and a distal excavation. Cerci almost straight in profile view, curved near tip. Surstyli with swollen tip (Fig. 126), bare below. Distiphallus with horizontal dorsolateral wings. Antlers simple, with small basal tooth. Upper lip projecting beyond base of antlers, its anterior edge convex in dorsal view. Vertical sclerotised sheet prominent, with a straight unserrated anterior edge, and a short thick lateral finger (Fig. 129). External hypophallic lobe not folded distally, terminating below in a weakly projecting almost rounded ventral finger. Internal hypophallic lobes parallel. Parastomal sclerite a narrow and horizontal sclerite projecting forwards lateral to the ejaculatory opening (Fig. 128), in dorsal view curved (Figs. 120, 122), distally strongly sclerotised. Female. Unknown.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851608704396FB69A2D05098.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh,? Maharashtra [a female specimen only], Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8851608704396FB69A2D05098.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia surcoufi Senior-White, 1923 a. All the 3 original syntypes are staged and the pins are heavily corroded. The collector is G. E. Shaw according to Senior-White (1923 a: 307), but this is not stated on any labels. All are in BMNH. Holotype male, labelled (1) “ 3 ” [handwriting on stage card]; (2) “ TYPE. ” [red handwriting]; (3) “ Holo- / type ” [printed on circular white label with broad red margin]; (4) “ INDIA: / Sikkim. / Mungpoo. / 3800 ft. / 24. iii. 1920 ” [handwritten, except first line which is printed]; (5) “ Bengalia / surcoufi, S. - W. / det. R. Senior White. ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]; (6) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460 ” [printed]; (7) “ Afridigalia ♂ / surcoufi (S. W.) / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [printed]; (8) “ Afridigalia ♂ / surcoufi (S. W.) / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2004 ” [printed]. The last abdominal segments have been removed. Genital slide in BMNH labelled “ Bengalia / surcoufi / S. - W. / ♂ genitalia. / Type. / 3. V. 22. ” [handwritten]. Paratypes. 1 male labelled: (1) “ 1. ” [handwriting on stage card]; (2) “ Para- / type ” [printed on circular white label with broad yellow margin]; (3) “ COTYPE ” [red handwriting]; (4) “ INDIA: / Sikkim. / Mungpoo. / 1700 ft. / 14. vi. 1920 ” [handwritten, except first line which is printed]; (5) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460 ” [printed]; (6) “ Bengalia / surcoufi, S. - W. / det. R. Senior White. ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]. Right hind, left mid and left fore legs lost. Right fore tibia lost. Not dissected. The ST 5 flap is visible, although the abdominal tip is rather mouldy. 1 male labelled: (1) “ 2 ” [handwriting on stage card]; (2) “ Para- / type ” [printed on circular white label with broad yellow margin]; (3) “ COTYPE ” [red handwriting]; (4) “ INDIA: / Sikkim. / 3800 ' / Mungpoo. / 6. iv. 1920. ” [handwritten, except first line which is printed]; (5) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460 ” [printed]; (6) “ Bengalia / surcoufi, S. - W. / det. R. Senior White. ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]. Left fore leg lost. Not dissected. The ST 5 flap is visible. Other material. MSNM: 1 male labelled (1) “ Kasanli [Himachal Pradesh] / India / Cragg ” [handwritten, Fig. 123]; (2) “ … coufi ” [white printed museum label similar to others from MSNM, but posterior half only, anterior half lost]; (3) “ Bengalia ♂ / surcoufi Senior-White / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed on white label]; (4) My determination label (surcoufi Senior-White). The specimen is in good condition with all legs intact. The genital capsule has been removed from the abdomen. The ST 5 flap and the T 6 are in place and sclerotised sheet, with lateral finger. Scale = 0.25 mm (Figures 119, 120, 122). Abbreviations: ej. o. = ejaculatory opening; l. f. = lateral finger; pst. scl. = parastomal sclerite; v. f. = ventral finger. unharmed. Below the specimen there is present on the pin a white card label with three transverse black stripes at base near the pin. At the tip of this card there are some shining remains of glue, and the distiphallus is still sticking to the glue by its right antler. Judging from the extent of the glue there must once have been more genital parts attached to it. In a large plastic vial were some dry genital remains: an intact genital capsule with epandrium, cerci and surstyli, incl. bacilliform sclerites, but no aedeagal parts. In addition there was some unidentifiable debris in the vial: a few fibres and some flat pieces of unknown nature, and part of an insect leg (black) which does not belong to the specimen on the pin. Everything has now been placed in glycerol in a glass vial. This specimen appears to have been used by Lehrer (2005) for the illustration in his fig. 30 B of the cerci and surstyli in profile view. Lehrer (2005: 71) miscites the label locality as “ Kasanki ”. 1 male labelled (1) “ Ind. Mus. / [long black printed line] / Kalimpong [West Bengal], / Darjiling dist / E. Himalayas, / 600 – 4500 ft. / 24. IV – 10. V. 15 / F. H. Gravely [transverse text along the left margin of label] ” [yellowish label with black print]; (2) “ surcoufi ” [white museum label with black print]; (3) “ Bengalia ♂ / surcoufi Senior-White / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed on white label, pinned at middle]; (4) “ Bengalia ♂ / surcoufi Senior-White / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed on white label, pinned near right hand edge]; (5) My determination label (surcoufi Senior-White). The specimen was mostly destroyed in the mail at reception. The large Lehrer type plastic vial had come loose in transit. On the pin is only the thorax and head, both in good shape. Both fore legs are in situ and in good shape, except that the right fore leg lacks the tarsus. Both mid legs have broken off. The right hind leg is in good shape and in situ, but lacks the three distal-most tarsomeres. Loose in the box were two wings, the abdomen [which had the genital capsule and the whole ST 5 removed], the left hind leg [lacking the distal-most four tarsomeres], right mid leg [tarsus lost], left mid femur, left mid tibia. These parts have now been glued onto a piece of stiff paper. In the large plastic vial were the following already dissected genital parts in glycerol: ST 5 + ST 5 flap [a small part of ST 5 broken off and present as a separate piece]; hypandrium + pre- and postgonites on both sides + phallapodeme + aedeagus [tip of right antler and its basal tooth broken off] in one piece; epandrium + two cerci + basal parts of both surstyli + bacilliform sclerites [both pieces on one side, lowermost piece lost on the other]; one loose distal surstylar piece, the other distal surstylar piece lost. The ejaculatory sclerite is absent. All the genital parts have now been placed in glycerol in a smaller glass microvial. This specimen appears to have been used by Lehrer (2005) for the illustrations in his fig. 30 A, C – E.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850B08734396FAF7A4BE571D.taxon	description	Figs. 130 – 138, 182, 195, 207. Holotype male, Thailand (BMNH), by original designation. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850B08734396FAF7A4BE571D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 8 – 13 mm (n = 4). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.275 – 0.286 (mean 0.282, n = 4). Lunula bare. Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. 1 – 2 prst dc in front of main prst dc. Anepimeron with a small bundle of black ground setulae in upper two-fifths, none reaching katepisternum; densely set yellow ground setulae in the three-fifths below it; lowermost black setulae widely separated from katepisternum. All femora darkened. Fore tibia with 4 – 5 small and inconspicuous ventral spine-like setae in basal half (Fig. 182) [difficult to observe since 2 of 3 specimens had the fore tibia and femur closely appressed]. Mid tibia without fringe distally (Fig. 195). Hind tibia with conspicuous av fringe (Fig. 207) with short erect setae also on v side. ST 5 flap (Fig. 136) with lateral edges not diverging as much as in pseudovaricolor, distal excavation somewhat deeper. Slightly asymmetric, strongly so in a small Vietnam male in BPBM. Cerci curved in lateral view (Fig. 134). Surstyli bare below. Distiphallus with horizontal dorsolateral wings. Antlers simple, with a very small basal tooth, sometimes minute. Upper lip not projecting beyond base of antlers. Distal edge of upper lip straight in dorsal view. Vertical sclerotised sheet prominent, without (holotypes of taksina and thaisia) or with (Vietnam male dissected) a depression in the anterior edge above the lateral finger; the latter is bent laterally at the tip. External hypophallic lobe folded in anterior part and forming an almost transverse forwardly facing wall with a strongly projecting pointed ventral finger. Internal hypophallic lobes strongly converging. Parastomal sclerites (Figs. 131, 132, 137) long, originating close together just below upper lip, curved, with concavity facing forwards, a small forward projection present slightly above middle. Female. Length: 12 mm (n = 1). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.283 – 0.300 (mean 0.292, n = 2), thus quite narrow for a female. Anepimeron with a small bundle of black ground setulae in upper third, none reaching katepisternum; densely set yellow ground setulae in the two-thirds below it; lowermost black setulae widely separated from katepisternum. ST 2, ST 3, ST 4 each with a pair of strong erect marginal setae. ST 5 broad distally without marginal setae.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850B08734396FAF7A4BE571D.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Bengalia taksina is obviously very closely related to B. pseudovaricolor, both having a very narrow frons and a similar distiphallus in the male. The ST 5 flap in B. taksina differs slightly from the one in B. pseudovaricolor, but may not be diagnostic when more specimens are studied. The latter species has no ventral spine-like setae on fore tibia (despite the description by Kurahashi & Tumrasvin to the contrary), whereas B. taksina has a few inconspicuous ones. The best characters to distinguish the two species seem to be the presence of a conspicuous fringe on the hind tibia in the male B. taksina, and the large number of long yellow ground setulae below the bundle of black ones on the anepimeron. In B. pseudovaricolor there are 0.25 mm (Figures 130, 131, 132, 138). Abbreviations: d. o. = dorsal opening; l. f. = lateral finger; pst. scl. = parastomal sclerite (arrow points to its lower end); v. f. = ventral finger.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850B08734396FAF7A4BE571D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850B08734396FAF7A4BE571D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Afridigalia taksina Lehrer, 2005. Holotype male, in BMNH, labelled (1) “ HOLO- / TYPE ” [printed on round white label with red margin] (2) “ HOLOTYPUS ” [printed on red label]; (3) “ N. Siam: / Doi Chom Chang, / nr. Chiangmai. / 10. IV. 1921. / Dr. M. E. Barnes / 1921.393. ” [handwritten on yellowish label]; (4) “ Afridigalia ♂ / taksina Lehrer n. sp. / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / 2005 ” [printed] (Fig. 133). Dissected by Lehrer; dissected parts transferred from large opaque plastic vial to glass microvial by K. R. Other material. BPBM: 3 males labelled (1) “ VIET NAM: Dalat / 6 km S., 1400 – 1500 m / 9. VI — 7. VII. 1961 ” [printed]; (2) “ N. R. Spencer / Collector ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia ♂ / varicolor / (Fab., 1805) / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (taksina Lehrer). One of the males dissected by K. R. T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin; ST 1 – 5 and dissected genitalia in glass microvial; ST 5 flap lost by accident. 1 female labelled: (1) “ LAOS: / Vientiane Prov. / Ban Van Eue / 15. III. 1966 ” [printed]; (2) “ Malaise Trap ” [printed]; (3) “ Native Collector / BISHOP MUS. ” [printed]; (4) “ Bengalia ♀ / varicolor / (Fab., 1805) / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (5) My determination label (taksina Lehrer). [Not published by Kurahashi & Chowanadisai (2001)]. 1 female labelled (1) “ VIET NAM. Dak Song / 76 km SW of / BanMe Thuot, 870 m / 19 – 21. V. 1960 ” [printed]; (2) “ L. W. Quate / Collector ” [printed]; (3) “ Bengalia ♀ / varicolor / (Fab., 1805) / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (taksina Lehrer). Dissected by Kurahashi. Abdomen with ovipositor in glass vial on pin with cork stopper. [Not published by Kurahashi & Chowanadisai (2001)].	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850808754396FC71A30857CE.taxon	description	Figs. 139 – 148, 183, 196, 208. Holotype male, Pakistan (MNHN), by monotypy. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850808754396FC71A30857CE.taxon	materials_examined	Note. Kurahashi & Afzal cite the holotype male in MNHN to be among “ Type material examined ”. But their citation of the museum depository is preceded by a question mark (“ …? (MNHN). ”) which seems to indicate that they did not examine the specimen, but only suggested that it was possibly housed in that museum.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850808754396FC71A30857CE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 11.5 mm. Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.321 (n = 1). Lunula with a pair of setulae. Anepimeron with long thin yellow setulae only, no black setulae. Fore tibia with a number of ventral spine-like setae in basal half, at least two of these much stronger than the other spine-like setae and about as long as tibial diameter (Fig. 183). A distinct fringe distally on mid tibia, setae about twice as long as tibial diameter (Fig. 196). Hind tibia also with a strong fringe, occupying distal three fourths of the tibia (Fig. 208). Basal segment of hind tarsus with an av row of delicate setae a little longer than segment diameter. Mid femur with the pv ctenidium of short stubby spine-like setae continuing mediad slightly beyond middle of femur; about 15 – 18 spine-like setae in all, 4 – 5 longer pv setae basad. ST 5 flap rectangular, slightly longer than broad (Fig. 146), the distal corners are somewhat bent dorsally so they appear slightly too short in the figure. Cerci strongly curved in lateral view. Surstylus narrow, blunt distally, bare below. Process of the bacilliform sclerite strongly pointed. upper lip (Fig. 139). Upper lip projecting beyond base of antlers, distal edge almost straight in dorsal view. Two dark lines apparent in dorsal and ventral views of upper lip (Figs. 140, 141) mark the insertion from below of two supporting vertical walls. These are seen in lateral view as triangular flanges, very weakly sclerotised, the anterior edge (almost invisible in Fig. 142) passing from tip of lip to a point lateral to the ejaculatory opening. Lateral finger thin, slightly curved and smooth, a few denticles at tip only (Fig. 147). Internal hypophallic lobes converging. External hypophallic lobes folded distally and end in two spatula-like projections proceeding forwards and ventrally (Figs. 140, 142). Strongly sclerotised flaps on each side of the ejaculatory opening (Figs. 140, 142, 148). Female. Unknown.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850808754396FC71A30857CE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Pakistan.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850808754396FC71A30857CE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Bengalia unicolor Séguy, 1946. Holotype male, in MNHN, labelled (1) “ MUSEUM PARIS / KURRACHEE [= Karachi] / (Août – Sept.) / MAINDRON 133 - 96 ” [yellow label with black print]; (2) “ TYPE ” [red label with black print]; (3) “ Bengalia / unicolor / ♂ TYPE. Seg. / E. Séguy vid. 46 ” [white label in Séguy’s black handwriting, except “ E. Séguy vid. ” which is printed; a printed black line present along the lower edge of label]. Dissected by K. R. The specimen is somewhat teneral as evident from the protruding ptilinium and the slightly wrinkled abdomen. The abdomen had large black spots on each side of the anterior half of T 4, slightly intruding on T 3, but they disappeared after boiling in KOH. T 1 + 2 had a very faint and narrow band, and T 3 and T 4 a broader black marginal band, but no black bands remained in the dissected abdomen. T 1 – 5 (as a unit), ST 1 – 5 including ST 5 flap (as a unit), and genitalia are kept in glycerol in a glass vial on the pin.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	description	Figs. 149 – 161, 184, 185, 197, 209. Holotype male, India (Tamil Nadu) (ZMUC), by monotypy. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	materials_examined	Note. This specimen in Bezzi’s collection carries a handwritten determination label (with three ruled lines inside a black frame) reading: “ B. varicolor ♂, comparée au type ” (“ au ” not “ avec ”, as rendered by Lehrer 2005: 29). The handwriting is definitely not by Bezzi, but most likely by Surcouf. Surcouf (1920: 36) writes that he is in the possession of “ quatre exemplaires de Bengalia provenant de Trichinopoly et de Madras ... ” and even though he also writes that “ … ces exemplaires ont été nommés B. jejuna par P r Bezzi … ”, Bezzi himself (1913: 74, 78) mentions only two specimens from Trichinopoly, both Caius leg., one under jejuna, and one under varicolor. [The remaining two Surcouf specimens may be the types of chromatella Séguy, 1946 and pallidicoxa Séguy, 1946 in MNHN, see below]. I suggest that Bezzi received these specimens from Surcouf, perhaps as a return favour for allowing him to examine Bezzi’s collection (Surcouf 1920: 27, 31, 45) for his monograph on the “ Muscidae Testaceae ”. Surcouf (1920: 27, 31, 39) also states that he examined material sent to him “ ... du Musée de Copenhague, dont le directeur W. LUNDBECK a bien voulu nous communiquer les types precieux de FABRICIUS et de WIEDEMANN, ... ”. This makes it very likely that (1) Surcouf studied the type of Musca varicolor Fabricius, and (2) that it was Surcouf who compared the Trichinopoly specimen now in Bezzi’s collection with the Fabrician type and subsequently wrote a determination label to this effect in French. However, we can of course never be certain as to exactly which features of the Trichinopoly specimen he found to agree with the varicolor type, as he never communicated any thoughts he might have had on this matter. In any case he was spot on in the interpretation of the Fabrician species. This specimen is one of the three that Lehrer (2005: 28 – 29) examined for his treatment of bezzii Senior-White, but his figures of the genitalia (figs. 9 A – E) must have been prepared from one of the two specimens from Laos, as the and such a nick is present in Bezzi’s Trichinopoly specimen in MSNM. Bezzi (1913: 74) describes the ST 5 flap: “ … untere Lamelle breit und stumpf ”. This fits very well with this specimen. Bengalia variicolor [sic]: Villeneuve, 1914: 255, “ … B. variicolor F. … que j’ai reçue en 7 exemplaires capturés dans l’ìle Formose. – B. variicolor ♂ ... l’écaille préanale, étalée en arriere, est non ou étroitement échancrée ”. Taiwan. Note. I have seen a male from “ Koshun / Formosa / Sauter VII 08 ” (in SDEI) identified by Villeneuve as “ Bengalia / varicolor F. / Villeneuve det. ” (in Villeneuve’s handwriting) which possibly is one of these 7 specimens. I have dissected it. It has a ST 5 flap that fits the given description and external and genital features indicate without any doubt that it belongs to varicolor. So Villeneuve’s identification of this particular specimen was correct.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	description	Again, Surcouf has identified the specimen correctly as varicolor, having previously seen the Fabrician type (see above). However, it is very strange that Senior-White has misidentified his own bezzii (= varicolor) as his own surcoufi, in view of the widely different ST 5 flaps. But it should be noted that there is no direct evidence (e. g., from a determination label) that it is the same specimen that Senior-White (1924: 106) mentions under surcoufi.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	description	The source for figs. 17 a and 17 b, which show dissected genitalia, is obscure, the problem being that none of the Coimbatore specimens in USNM that Malloch might have seen have been dissected (one male has subsequently been dissected by me, see below for details). It should be mentioned that Malloch also refers to specimens of his “ latro ” from Philippine Islands. I received from USNM several specimens of Bengalia lyneborgi James from the Philippines of which some must have been seen by Malloch. A female carried an identification label reading “ Ochromyia / latro / de Meij. / Det. J. R. Malloch ”. Some of the males had been dissected (dry genitalia were glued to labels or cards). But the aedeagus of these dissected males does not fit figure 17 b at all. Several very characteristic features of the lyneborgi aedeagus should have been present in the drawing had this species served as basis for the figures, particularly the large bulge at the ventral part of the distal aedeagal opening so typical of lyneborgi in profile view, and the central strong pointed hook / tooth (the upper lip) above the distal aedeagal opening. From these considerations I conclude that figs. 17 a, b have been made from the same Coimbatore specimen that served as basis for fig. 17 c, i. e., from a dissected specimen of bezzii, now possibly lost or returned to Mr. Y.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	description	Musca varicolor: Zimsen, 1964: 489. Entry no. 770 in list of Fabrician types of Diptera in ZMUC. Bengalia latro: Fan, 1965: 191, fig. 752. Misidentification, not latro de Meijere. China (Hainan, Zhejiang). Note. Fan’s fig. 752, clearly shows a nick in the hind margin, which is never present in the ST 5 flap of latro. Fan included Taiwan citing Hennig (1941), but Hennig’s records of “ latro ” from Taiwan are all based on misidentified specimens of emarginata.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	description	Bengalia latro: Fan, 1992: 532, fig. 1107 i. Misidentification, not latro de Meijere. China (Hainan, Sichuan, Zhejiang). Note. Fan again included Taiwan citing Hennig (1941), but Hennig’s records of “ latro ” from Taiwan are all based on misidentified specimens of emarginata.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	materials_examined	Note. A male from Dehra Dun in BMNH re-examined. For details and comments, see above under entry for “ Bengalia surcoufi: Senior White 1924 ”, and under Material examined below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length 9 – 11 mm (n = 14). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.317 – 0.358 (mean 0.333, n = 14). Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Lunula bare. Anepimeron mostly clothed with yellow hairs, less than 12 – 15 (down to 1 – 2) black setulae in a bundle on the upper posterior part, elsewhere with yellow setulae only. Fore tibia with a number of small ventral spine-like setae in basal half, two of them stronger than the others, but not as long as tibial diameter (Figs. 184, 185). No pv fringe distally on mid tibia, setae in this region shorter than diameter of mid tibia (Fig. 197). Hind tibia usually with a weak av fringe (Fig. 209), though occasionally elongated and erect setulae may extend on to v and pv side. ST 5 flap concave laterally, much narrower in basal than distal half, posterolateral corners usually rather acute, distal margin slightly convex and usually (but not always) with a small pronounced notch at middle (Fig. 155). Cerci curved in lateral view (Fig. 153). Surstylus with a dense cover of yellow setulae on underside (Fig. 158). Process of the bacilliform sclerite squarish with a pointed tip. Distiphallus with prominent upturned dorsolateral wings (Figs. 152, 157) and broad backwardly curved antlers, with a strong basal tooth (Figs. 149, 152). Upper lip large, strengthened in middle, distal edge convex in dorsal view, and lip concave below as seen from in front (Fig. 157). Lateral finger small and hardly projecting beyond lateralmost point of external hypophallic lobe (Fig. 150). Internal hypophallic lobes not converging. External hypophallic lobe short, folded in its distal part, a shelf present (Fig. 156). Ventral finger a rounded structure in lateral view (Figs. 152, 156) not or hardly projecting beyond midventral wall of distiphallus. Anterior end of midventral wall level with middle of dorsolateral wings in profile view (Fig. 152), thus giving the distiphallus a strongly “ receding lower jaw ” impression. Female. Length 9 – 10 mm (n = 5). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.317 – 0.350 (mean 0.340, n = 5). ST 2 – 4 with strong erect marginal setae. Ovipositor and spermathecae figured by Kano & Shinonaga (1968, as B. latro). A female from Taiwan has very few black setulae on anepimeron, 0 on left, 1 on right side (SDEI: “ Tainan / Formosa … ”).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Indonesia (Java), Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850E087C4396FC06A1EE55B9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Type material. Musca varicolor Fabricius, 1805. Holotype male, in ZMUC, labelled (1) “ M: varicolor / e Tranqueb: Daldorff ” [in black script] (Fig. 160); (2) “ TYPE ” [red label, black print], (3) “ ZMUC / 00503992 ” [white label, black print]. Dissected by K. R. Musca varicolor was described by Fabricius (1805: 296) from “ Habitat Tranquebariae Dom. Daldorff Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt ” (Fig. 161). A single male, regarded as holotype, is present in the Sehested and Tønder Lund collection in ZMUC as indicated by Zimsen (1964: 489) and Thompson & Pont (1994: 131). It has previously been examined by Surcouf (1920; see above) and Townsend (1931: 371). It is in good condition (Fig. 159) and fits the description (Fig. 161). It lacks the fore right tibia and tarsus and the right first flagellomere, including the arista. Some dorsal abdominal setae are also lacking, and parts of the erect pale vestiture on the abdominal sternites are rubbed off. The pin is rather thick and the fly is very low on the pin. Tranquebar is the present day city of Tarangambadi in the province of Tamil Nadu in India. 153. Cerci and surstyli, dorsal view. 154. Cerci and surstyli, left lateral view. 155. ST 5 flap. 156. Lateral finger, enlarged. 157. Upper lip and antlers, from in front. 158. surstylus, from below. Scale = 0.25 mm (Figures 149, 150, 152). Abbreviations: d. o. = dorsal opening; l. f. = lateral finger. Bengalia bezzii Senior-White, 1923. Holotype male, in BMNH [staged], labelled (1) “ Holo-type ” [printed on circular white label with red rim]; (2) “ CEYLON: / Suduganga / 20. i. 1920 / among grass ” [handwritten, except first two lines which are printed]; (3) “ Bengalia / bezzii, S. - W. / det. R. Senior White ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]; (4) “ TYPE. ” [red handwriting]; (5) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460. ” [printed]; (6) “ genitalia / on slide ” [handwritten]. Slide (also in BMNH) is labelled “ Bengalia / bezzii S. - W. / ♂ genitalia. / 30. iv. 22 Type ” [handwritten]. Paratypes (all in BMNH): 1 female [staged] labelled (1) “ Para-type ” [printed on circular white label with yellow rim]; (2) “ COTYPE ” [red handwriting]; (3) “ CEYLON: / Suduganga / 7. xii. 1921 / among grass ” [handwritten, except first two lines which are printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / bezzii, S. - W. / det R. Senior White ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]; (5) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460. ” [printed]. 1 female [staged], labelled (1) “ Para-type ” [printed on circular white label with yellow rim]; (2) “ COTYPE ” [red handwriting]; (3) “ CEYLON: / Suduganga / 10. xi. 1918 / In garden ” [handwritten, except first two lines which are printed]; (4) “ Bengalia / bezzii, S. - W. / det R. Senior White ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]; (5) “ Purchd. from / R. Senior White / B. M. 1938 - 460. ” [printed]. Bengalia chromatella Séguy, 1946. Holotype female, in MNHN [staged], labelled (1) “ Cragg / Guindy / Madras. ” [printed]; (2) “ TYPE ” [printed on red label]; (3) “ Bengalia sp. incerta n o 2 Bezzi / probablement v. de varicolor ” [handwritten in Surcouf’s hand]; (3) “ Bengalia / chromatella / ♀ Seg. TYPE / E. Séguy vid. 46 ” [handwritten in Séguy’s hand, except “ E. Séguy vid. ” which is printed]. “ Bengalia / pallidicoxa / ♀ TYPE Séguy / E. Séguy vid. 46 ” [handwritten in Séguy’s hand, except “ E. Séguy vid. ” which is printed]. Other material. BMNH: 1 male labelled (1) “ Dehra Dun. / U. P. [Uttar Pradesh] / India / Nov. 1907. / Lt. - Col. F. W. Thomson / I. M. S. / 1908 — 21. ” [printed]; (2) “ Probablement B. varicolor Fab. ” [handwritten in Surcouf’s hand]; (3) “ Afridigalia ♂ / bezzi [sic] (Senior-White) / Det. Dr. A. Z. Lehrer / 2005 ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). The genitalia have been dissected by Lehrer. I have transferred them to a glass microvial. ST 5 flap of usual shape, but without nick in hind margin. Again, Surcouf has identified the specimen correctly, having previously seen the Fabrician type (see above). CDPCAG: 1 male labelled (1) “ Center for Disease Prevention and Control Anshun City, Guizhou / Longgong, Anshun City, 1200 m / Wei Lianmeng et al leg. / 19 September 1991 ” [In Chinese]; (2) “ C 080 … [Chinese name for B. bezzii] / Bengalia bezzii / Senior-White, 1923 / ♂ ” [print on white label, male symbol in red]; (3) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). 1 male labelled (1) “ Entomological Institute of Guizhou University, Guizhou, China / Yunnan, Xiaguan, Erhai / 1959 m / Yang Zaihua leg. / 24 August 2006 ” [In Chinese]; (2) “ C 080 … [Chinese name for B. bezzii] / Bengalia bezzii / Senior-White, 1923 / ♂ ” [In Chinese, male symbol in red]; (3) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). Dissected by Wei Lianmeng, genitalia in alcohol in plastic vessel with lid, numbered “ 190 ”. MSNM: 1 male labelled: (1) “ INDE MÉRIDIONALE / TRICHINOPOLY / F. CAIUS 1911 ” [printed on yellowish label]; (2) “ B. varicolor ♂. / comparée au type. ” [handwritten in Surcouf’s hand; label with black frame and three thin black ruled lines]; (3) “ varicolor ” [printed museum label]; (4) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezzi [sic] Senior-White / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed]; (5) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezzi [sic] Senior-White / Det. Dr. A. Z. LEHRER / XII. 2004 ” [printed]; (6) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). The eyes, mouthparts and much of the front part of thorax have been eaten away. The right mid leg and also the tibia and tarsus on the left mid leg are lost. The genitalia are in an exerted position and the cerci, surstyli, aedeagus and ST 5 flap are all clearly visible and in a well preserved condition. NHRM: 1 male labelled (1) “ INDIA Kottayam / Malaise trap / 26 – 29. III. 1990 / B. Gustafson ” [printed]; (2) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezzii / Sen. - White, 1923 / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (3) “ NRM STHLM / Loan 1707 / 08 [printed on green label]; (4) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). Kottayam is in Kerala. All legs missing except right hind femur and tibia. SDEI: 1 male labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (4) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (5) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]; (6) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). ST 5 flap visible. 1 male labelled (1) “ Koshun / Formosa / Sauter VII 08 ” [printed, except “ VII 08 ” which is handwritten]; (2) “ Bengalia / varicolor F. / Villeneuve det. ” [handwritten in Villeneuve’s hand, except last line which is printed]; (3) “ Villeneuve det. ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). Dissected by K. R. Abdominal T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin, genitalia in glycerol in vial on pin. Both males have a very weakly developed fringe on hind tibia. 1 female labelled (1) “ Kankau (Formosa) / H. Sauter VII. 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ Townsend det. ” [printed]; (3) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). 1 female labelled (1) “ Kankau (Koshun) / Formosa / H. Sauter 1912 ” [printed]; (2) “ 7. VII. ” [printed]; (3) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (4) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (5) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]; (5) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). 1 female labelled (1) “ Tainan / Formosa ” [handwritten in weak ink]; (2) “ Sauter / 4. 1910 ” [handwritten]; (3) “ coll. Oldenberg ” [printed]; (4) “ det. Baranoff ” [printed]; (5) “ Bengalia / varicolor / Fabr. ” [handwritten]; (6) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). Lunula bare. SMNS: 1 male labelled (1) “ Bengalia / latro Meij. / B. Herting det. ” [handwritten, except last line which is printed]; (2) “ Ceylon / Maschwitz ” [handwritten in Herting’s hand]; (3) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). A very dark specimen. Thorax and abdomen dark grey, also femora, but humeral and postalar callus yellow. Tibia, tarsi and ST 1 – 3 yellow. About 15 black setulae on anepimeron. Appears to have been dried from alcohol. ST 5 flap without nick. USNM: 1 male labelled (1) “ 11. vii. 17 / COIMBATORE / Praying on / ant pupae / ISAAC COLL. ” [handwritten, except lines 2 and 5 which are printed]; (2) “ B. bezzii. Wetlands / Resting in grass / A. A. COLL: 1. XI. 21 ” [handwritten, except lines 1 and 4 which are printed]; (2) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]; (3) My determination labels (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). 2 males labelled (1) “ COIMBATORE / resting on grass / 2. XI. 21 / A. A. COLL: ” [handwritten, except lines 1 and 4 which are printed]; (2) “ USNM / 2047114 ” [printed]; (3) My determination labels (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). One male dissected by K. R. ZMUC: 1 male labelled (1) “ THAILAND, Chieng Mai Province / Doi Inthanon N. P.: Huai Sai / Luang 10 – 1100 m, 14. x. 1981 / Zool. Mus. Copenhagen leg. ” [printed]; (2) “ Bengalia ♂ / bezzii / Sen. - White, 1923 / Det. H. Kurahashi ” [printed]; (3) “ Dissected / January 2006 / by Knut Rognes ” [printed]; (4) My determination label (varicolor Fabr. = bezzii S. - W.). Genitalia in vial on pin, T 1 – 5 glued to card on pin.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	description	Figs. 162 – 172, 186, 198, 210. Holotype male, China (Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna tropical rain forest, Menglun) (CDPCAG), here designated. For details see Type material below.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species-group name “ weii ” is a proper noun in the genitive case, derived from the surname of the collector Dr. Wei Lianmeng, CDPCAG.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male. Length: 11 mm (n = 1). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 0.338 – 0.342 (mean 0.340, n = 2). Fronto-orbital plate without proclinate orbital setae. Lunula bare. Anepimeron only with yellow setulae, no black setulae at all. Fore tibia with a group of 7 – 8 short ventral spine-like setae in proximal half of which 1 – 2 are longer than the others; the longest spine-like seta shorter than diameter of tibia and situated about in the middle of the group; distally with slight v and pv fringe, longest setae about as long as tibial diameter (Fig. 186). Mid tibia with a v and pv fringe in distal 2 / 5, longest setae in fringe 1.5 – 2.0 x diameter of tibia (Fig. 198). Hind tibia with a delicate av, v, and pv fringe in distal half (Fig. 210). The ST 5 flap is very characteristic, with lateral edges converging slowly distally, a V-shaped depression present in distal edge (Fig. 168). Cerci slightly curved in profile view (Fig. 167). Surstylus almost bare below, a few pale scattered setulae present close to apex. Process of bacilliform sclerite with a strong base and short tip. Distiphallus with rather low dorsolateral wings and broad antlers; latter curving backwards and with several small tines at tip (Figs. 162, 163, 165). Basal tooth strong. In dorsal view upper lip strongly convex with a weak central sclerotisation; in lateral view projecting far beyond base of antlers (Fig. 165). Lateral finger small, not projecting beyond lateral edge of external hypophallic lobe in ventral view (Figs. 162, 163). Above the base of the lateral finger, the anterior edge of the vertical sclerotised sheet has a right-angled toothed projection (Fig. 169). Internal hypophallic lobes converging in their distal part. External hypophallic lobe short, folded distally, presenting a forwardly directed transverse wall. Ventral finger proceeds downwards, inwards and forwards, in lateral view projecting well beyond lower edge of midventral wall; its front edge is slightly denticulate (Fig. 169). Female. Length: 11 mm (n = 1). Frons at vertex / head width ratio: 41 / 120 = 0.342 (n = 1). ST 2, ST 3 and ST 4 with a pair of widely set marginals, on ST 4 one of the pair is absent.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	description	Description. Measurements, see Diagnosis above. Male. Head. Yellow ground colour, except for frontal vitta which is light brown and fronto-orbital plate which is greyish brown. Frontal vitta with black ground setulae in anterior two-thirds, in holotype lacking along the posterior half of the frontal row of setae. 5 – 6 frontal setae on each side, one reclinate seta in front of the well developed outer and inner verticals. No proclinate orbital setae. Fronto-orbital plate narrow. Frontoorbital plate, parafacial and area above vibrissae with black setulae, weak on the parafacial. A shifting greyish spot at the junction of the parafacial and the fronto-orbital plate and outside of the two foremost frontal setae. 1 pair of weak postocellars of about the same size; the pair is situated on the uppermost part of the occiput a little behind an imaginary line connecting the inner verticals. Lunula bare. Scape and pedicel reddish brown, first flagellomere dark, except proximal to level of insertion of arista, about 5 x longer than wide. Tip of first flagellomere not reaching level of vibrissa. Arista long plumose. Anterior margin of clypeus reddish and not projecting beyond lower facial margin. Palpus yellow with a bundle of very short setae at tip, 2 – 4 long setae below in distal half, and a row of 3 – 5 very long setae on a sclerite at its base. Thorax. Brownish yellow dorsally, with pale brownish dusting; in some lights with much paler lateral areas, these encompassing lateral edge of scutellum, lateral area of dorsum carrying the ia, sa, prst and ph setae and the humeral callus. Darker mid-dorsal part with narrow dark vittae just inside of the dc rows of setae. Ground setulae of scutum black, except on anterior surface of the humeral callus where they are yellow. 0 + 1 acr (just in front of scutellum); 1 + 4 dc (postsutural dc becoming stronger backwards); 0 + 1 ia, 1 prst; 1 ph; 2 h; 1 strong setae (dc?) present on each side very far forward on scutum just inside the anteromedial corner of the humeral callus; 3 scutellar marginals, no discals. 2 npl (close together). Pleura yellow with irregularly darkened parts and covered with yellowish dusting. Proepisternal depression bare. Proepisternal (anterior) and 1 proepimeral (posterior) setae. A few black setulae above the proepimeral seta. Anterior spiracle yellow. Anepisternum with 5 – 6 strong marginals, covered with black ground setulae in hind and upper part. Long pale setae behind marginal row of strong setae. Anepimeron with yellow ground vestiture only, no black setulae. Lesser ampulla blackish in anterior half with whitish dusting. Katepisternum with yellow ground vestiture except in the upper part between the 1 + 1 kepst setae where some small black setulae may be present. In extreme lower end of the katepisternum strong setae present in front of mid coxa. Meron with about 6 – 8 meral setae. No coxopleural streak. Katatergite bare. Anatergite with only pale ground vestiture, no black setulae below lower calypter. Metakatepisternum with pale setulae. Metasternal area with pale and black setae. Postalar wall pale setose. Prosternum pale setose. Wing. Tegula, basicosta and subcostal sclerite yellow; wing veins all yellow; costa hairy below all the way to junction with R 4 + 5. Lower calypter with inner margin converging with long axis of fly, more than twice as long as upper. Both calypteres with white fringe hairs, except the inner half of the upper calypter where they are brownish. Halter yellow. Legs. Tarsi yellow, coxae and trochanters yellow. Fore tibia with 3 ad, 1 pv; ad, d, and pv preapicals in increasing size; slight v and pv fringe, longest fringe setae about as long as tibial diameter; tibia yellow. In proximal third is a group of 7 – 8 short spine-like setae of which 1 – 2 are longer than the others. The longest spine-like seta is shorter than diameter of tibia and situated about in the middle of the group of spine-like setae. Fore femur yellow with pv setae of different size: 8 – 9 distal ones strong, situated in distal half; proximal pv setae weak and thin; d row of 6 weak setae, ad row of 7 weak setae. Mid tibia yellow with 1 ad, 2 p; v and pv fringe in distal 2 / 5, longest setae in fringe 1.5 – 2.0 x diameter of tibia. Mid femur yellow with some darkening on a side; 2 strong a at middle, 2 a preapicals; 2 p preapicals; row of pv setae delicate and weak; pv ctenidium with 8 short flattened spine-like setae in distal 2 / 5. Hind tibia yellow with 1 av at distal sixth, 2 ad of which the strongest at middle; fringe of long thin av, v, and pv setae in distal half; ad and d preapicals. Hind femur yellow with some darkening on a side; 4 – 5 widely spaced ad setae; dense vestiture of thin long setulae on av, v and pv side, these setulae about 3 / 4 of femoral diameter; rows of long thin weak av and pv setae about as long as femoral diameter. Hind coxa with pale ground setulae on posterior surface. Abdomen. Tergites brownish yellow; dusted white in shifting pattern; with narrow black hind margins about 1 / 5 to 1 / 6 of tergite length, at middle marginal bands drawn out into pointed triangles pointing forward. Hind margin of basal excavation of T 1 + 2 very far from hind margin. T 1 + 2 with a bundle of 2 – 5 strong lateral medial and lateral marginals; no lateral discals on T 4. T 5 with 6 strong marginal setae and 1 pair of discal setae, latter slight more distant than the mid marginals of T 4. ST 1 – 3 yellow. ST 4 yellow but darkened in hind part. ST 5 darkened at base and laterally, area close to flap and flap yellow. Ground vestiture yellow. ST 2 with a pair of long median marginals. ST 3 with a pair of shorter median marginals plus weaker marginals on each side. ST 4 with a pair of median marginals. ST 5 flap shaped as in Fig. 168. Epandrium dark blackish brown dulled by thin layer of dust. Male genitalia. See under Diagnosis, above. Female. Similar to male, except as follows. Legs: no fringes on any legs. Mid tibia with a v seta. Hind tibia with 2 smaller av setae above the strong distal av. Abdomen: T 1 – 5 as in male, but T 3 without lateral discals. ST 1 – 5 (those visible) yellow. ST 2, ST 3 and ST 4 with a pair of widely set marginals, on ST 4 one of the pair is absent. ST 1 and ST 2 with yellow ground vestiture. ST 2 with some black setulae in extreme posterolateral corners. ST 3 – 5 with black ground vestiture laterally.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Captured in tropical rain forest.	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
B74687E8850708014396FDDBA5455650.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Yunnan). [Chinese name for Bengalia varicolor] / Bengalia varicolor / (Fabricius, 1805) ♂ ” [male symbol in red]; (3) My red holotype label (weii n. sp.). Dissected by K. R. Abdominal T 1 – 5, right mid leg and right hind leg glued to card on pin, genitalia in glycerol in vial on pin. Paratypes. 1 male labelled: (1) “ Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Anshun City, Guizhou, China / Xishuangbanna 700 m / Wei Lianmeng et al. leg. / 25 June 1993 ” [In Chinese]; (2) “ C 083 … [Chinese name for Bengalia varicolor] / Bengalia varicolor / (Fabricius, 1805) ♂ ” [male symbol in red]; (3) My red paratype label (weii n. sp.). Dissected by Wei Lianmeng; genital capsule and some sternites removed, genitalia not present; drawings of genitalia received in digital form 16 January 2009. 1 female labelled: (1) “ Xishuangbanna, Menglun 540 m / 25. VI. 1993 / Wei Lianmeng leg. ” [In Chinese]; (2) “ C 083 … [Chinese name for Bengalia varicolor] / Bengalia varicolor / (Fabricius, 1805) ♀ ” [female symbol in red]; (3) My red paratype label (weii n. sp.).	en	Rognes, Knut (2009): Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 2251 (1): 1-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2251.1.1
