264 ■ Phoridae. 



26. A. ciliata Zett. 



1848. Zett. Dipt. Scand. VII, 2872, 22 (Trineura). — 1864. Schin. F. A. 

 II, 341 (Phora). — 1901. Beck. Abhandl. zool. bot. Gesell. Wien, I, 64, 58 

 (Phoi-a). — 1909. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XX, 25, 61 {Pkom). — 1910. 

 Kertész, Cat. Dipt. VII, 405. — 1914. Brues, Bull. Wisc. Nat. Aist. Soc. XII, 

 114. — 1919. Schmitz, Jaarb. Natuurh. Genootsch. Limburg 1918, 151. 



Male. Frons narrow, as high as broad, sometimes somewhat 

 higher or on the contrary a little broader, black, somewhat shining; 

 inner bristle of lower row a little below the oiiter and in about the 

 middle between it and the iipper supraantennal ; supraantennal 

 bristles unequal, the lower about half the size of the upper or somewhat 

 larger, the upper in nearly the same distance as the inner bristles of 

 middle row, the lower more approximate. Antennæ small, black, 

 arista short-pubescent. Palpi yellow or dark yellow, with well devel- 

 oped bristles. Thorax black, somewhat shining, with blackish or 

 brownish pubescence. Mesopleura bristly and with one long and 

 strong bristle. Abdomen somewhat oval, black, a little greyish, dull; 

 sixth segment a little elongated, the third and fourth the shortest; 

 there are very short hairs visible at the hind margins of the segments, 

 at the hind corners of second segment they are a little longer. Hypo- 

 pygium quite small and withdrawn, with small hairs at the lower 

 corners; anal tube small, blackish or dark brownish, the apical hairs 

 quite small. Legs black, the front legs brown or yellowish brown 

 and also the knees on the middle legs brownish, front coxæ yellow; 

 hind femora dilated and with a somewhat fatty gloss, the hairs below 

 the basal part shortish; hind tibial bristles very strong, 7 — 11 in num- 

 ber, also middle tibiæ with distinct bristles. Wings brownish or 

 yellowish brown, veins yellowish or pale brown, costa varying in 

 length, generally reaching to the middle or thereabout, 1 equal to or 

 a little longer than 2 + 3; costal cilia short; angle at fork somewhat 

 acute; fourth vein distinctly curved in its basal part, for the rest 

 almost straight. Halteres black or dark brown. 



Female. Similar, but abdomen with the fourth tergite curiously 

 abbreviated, generally at most half as long as the third, the white 

 membrane between the two segments generally seen; abdomen 

 generally a little shining behind, the seventh segment surrounded by 

 longish, fine hairs; costa as a rule a little longer than in the male. 



Length 1,4 — 2,4 mm. 



A. ciliata is common in Denmark; Copenhagen, Ermelund, 

 Dyrehaven, Lyngby Mose, Ørholm, Holte, Geel Skov, Hillerød, 



