Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) Figs 114–118 Anthomyia platura Meigen, 1826: 171. Chortophila cilicrura Rondani, 1866: 165; Stein 1913: 560. Hylemyia cilicrura (Rondani): Malloch 1924 b: 263; Emden 1941 b: 266; 1948: 166; 1951: 358; 1956: 530; Patterson 1956: 164. Phorbia cilicrura (Rondani): Cuthbertson 1936: 57. Delia platura (Meigen): Pont & Ackland 1980: 716. For a full list of synonyms see Hennig (1974c: 881) and Griffiths (1993: 1578). Diagnosis: ♂ Hind femur without extended row of pv, only a few preapical setae; hind tibia with row of numerous (23–30) pv setulose hairs of equal length (similar to D. florilega); mid tarsomere 1 without fringe of long setulae on dorsal surface. Sternite V processes with two blunt apical setae. Description: see Griffiths (1993). Lectotype ♂ of platura in MNHN, designated by Hennig (1974 c: 884). Syntypes of cilicrura in MZLS. Other material examined:Too numerous to list in full. I have seen specimens from Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Nigeria, Ruanda, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe. Probably found throughout the Afrotropical Region where suitable crops are grown. Life history: D. platura is a cosmopolitan pest of agricultural crops, feeding on cruciferous roots, also cereals and a wide range of other crops. For a detailed survey of the biological literature, see Griffiths (1993: 1588). Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Published as part of Ackland, D. M., 2008, Revision of Afrotropical Delia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), with descriptions of six new species, pp. 1-75 in African Invertebrates 49 (1) on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.5733/afin.049.0101, http://zenodo.org/record/7665342