Besseria Robineau-Desvoidy     |     Sub-family: Phasinae
Distribution: widespread
Remarks: 2 postsutural intra-alar setae, separated from each other by a wide distance; anepimeral seta absent; postmetacoxal area membranose; lower calypter divergent from scutellum in B. zonaria and B. anthophila; abdomen shiny, without pruinescence; terminalia of male and female large, bent ventrally (female abdominal segment 6 strongly developed); abdominal sternites with connecting membrane exposed; male tergites 3 and 4 often with large patch of dense appressed setulae (sometimes the corresponding tergal surface of these patches is clearly concave); abdominal tergites more or less fused dorsally in B. melanura and in female of other species
Body length range: 3 - 10mm
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besseria anthophila_addome (F) laterale scala 0,5mm
besseria dimidiata_complesso epandriale (M) laterale scala 0,5mm besseria dimidiata_terminali maschili besseria lateritia_addome (F) laterale scala 0,5mm besseria lateritia_ala besseria lateritia_terminali femminili besseria melanura_addome (F) laterale scala 0,5mm besseria melanura_scutello (F) dorsale scala 0,5mm besseria reflexa_ala besseria reflexa_complesso epandriale (M) laterale scala 0,5mm besseria reflexa_scutello dorsale scala 0,5mm besseria zonaria_addome (F) laterale scala 0,5mm besseria zonaria_addome (M) besseria zonaria_ala besseria zonaria_scutello (F) dorsale scala 0,5mm