Physocephala vittata (Fabricius, 1794)

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Clements, David K., 2019, New conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera) - Part 3: Physocephalini, Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (2), pp. 209-273 : 271

Physocephala vittata species-group

This group contains only P. vittata , which Camras (2001) included (as P. maculigera Kröber, 1915 ) in his Physocephala maculipes species-group. The vittata group is very similiar to the Physocephala antiqua species-group due to its typical Physocephala habitus (as described in Key 1) and short arista. Both species-groups can be dis- tinguished by the characters given in Key 1, however. A second member of this species-group – P. schmideggeri Stuke, 2017 – has been recorded from the Arabian Penin- sula and could also potentially occur in the Afrotropical Region. These species can be distinguished using Stuke (2017b). Physocephala vittata is primarily a widespread Palaearctic species which reaches as far as Mongolia and China, as well as extending into the Afrotropical Region.