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762A8786FFA23F32FF24FC1304B1D708.text	762A8786FFA23F32FF24FC1304B1D708.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Syrphidae	<div><p>Key to the genera and subgenera of Afrotropical syrphine flower flies</p><p>A. Postpronotum pilose (Fig. MND 64); male abdomen with tergum 5 not visible dorsally (Fig. MND 101) (subfamilies Microdontinae &amp; Eristalinae).................................................................... other flower flies - Postpronotum bare (Fig. MND 65); male abdomen with tergum 5 visible dorsally (Fig. MND 97) (subfamily Syrphinae).... 1</p><p>1. Tergum 1 greatly reduced, frequently almost linear on disc and practically covered by scutellum, sublaterally at most 1/2 as long as tergum 2 (Fig. MND 96); terga not punctate; length 6.7 mm or more....................................... 5</p><p>- Tergum 1 well-developed, especially on disc where it is frequently 1/2 as long as tergum 2 and always extends well beyond scutellum, sublaterally about 3/4 as long as tergum 2 (Fig. MND 97); terga minutely punctate; length 7.5 mm or less................................................................................................... Paragus ...2</p><p>2. Eye with pile of nearly uniform color, not forming vittae of contrasting color; scutellum entirely black... Pandasyopthalmus</p><p>- Eye with pile arranged in 2–5 more or less vertical vitta or contrasting color; scutellum black with apex narrowly yellow or reddish.............................................................................................. 3</p><p>3. Scutellum with conspicuous dentis (teeth) on posterior margin; eye in dorsolateral view with two dark and three more distinct white pile fasciae.......................................................................... Serratoparagus</p><p>- Scutellum with apical margin simple, without dens; eye with two white pile fasciae among dark pile.................... 4</p><p>4. Terga 1–5 completely fused, at least laterally...................................................... Afroparagus</p><p>- Only terga 1–2 fused completely................................................................... Paragus</p><p>5. Abdomen parallel-sided (Fig. MND 96) to oval, never distinctly petiolate......................................... 7</p><p>- Abdomen elongate, strongly petiolate (Fig. MND 95); 2nd tergum narrower than 3rd tergum.......................... 6</p><p>6. Laterotergum pilose, at least with a patch of long pile dorsally; postpronotum and/or anterior anepisternum pilose; metepisternum pilose; scutum usually with a well-develop collar of longer pile on anterior margin...................... Allobaccha</p><p>- Laterotergum, anterior anepisternum, metepisternum all bare; scutum without pile collar........................................................................................................................ Pseudodoros *** Baccha in our sense does not occur in the Aftropical region, but would run here in this key and is separate from the preceeding genera by a complete metacoxal bridge.</p><p>7. Face and scutellum entirely black in background color; abdomen usually without marginal sulcus; metasternum bare; eye bare. Note that one Pelloloma species has an indistinct marginal sulcus on the apical tergum 5............................ 22</p><p>- Face or scutellum or both at least partly yellow or yellowish brown in background color, both never entirely black, if in doubt, eye pilose; abdomen, metasternum, and eye variable.......................................................... 8</p><p>8. Antenna short, shorter than head; basoflagellomere at most twice as long as broad; scape and pedicel not longer than broad (Fig. MND 7–8)...................................................................................... 10</p><p>- Antenna elongate, longer than head; basoflagellomere at least three times as long as broad; scape or pedicel longer than broad (Fig. MND 4)......................................................................................... 9</p><p>9. Metafemur and metatibia without pile brushes; eye densely long pilose; scape and pedicel subequal; abdomen strongly convex dorsally, strongly margined; vein R 4+5 sinuate, looped into cell R 4+5; calypter bare......................... Chrysotoxum</p><p>- Metafemur and metatibia with brushes of long pile; eye sparsely and short pilose; scape about 3 times as long as pedicel; abdomen not convex nor with marginal sulcus; vein R 4+5 straight; calypter pilose on ventral lobe.................. Afrosyrphus</p><p>10. Calypter with lower lobe pilose, especially on posteromedial portion (Fig. MND 62); metacoxa with a tuft of strong pile at posteromedial apical angle (Fig. MND 77)........................................................... Betasyrphus</p><p>- Calypter bare; metacoxa without pile tuft.................................................................. 11</p><p>11. Anterior anepisternum bare; wing margin without minute closely spaced black maculae on posterior margin............. 13</p><p>- Anterior anepisternum pilose at least posterodorsally (Fig. MND 65); wing margin with a series of minute closely spaced black maculae on posterior margin (Fig. MND 61)............................................................... 12</p><p>12. Metasternum pilose; metepisternum pilose ventrad to spiracle......................................... Episyrphus</p><p>- Metasternum bare; metepisternum bare............................................................ Meliscaeva</p><p>13. Abdomen without marginal sulcus....................................................................... 19</p><p>- Abdomen with at least a weak marginal sulcus on terga 4 and 5, often with a strong sulcus on terga 3–5................ 14</p><p>14. Metapleuron bare ventrad to spiracle; metasternum variable; size and shape variable............................... 16</p><p>- Metapleuron with a tuft of fine pile ventrad to spiracle; metasternum pilose; large species with broad flattened abdomens with distinct marginal sulcus................................................................................ 15</p><p>15. Mesonotum anteriorly with a distinct collar of longer and denser pile; vein R 4+5 sinuate, distinctly looped into cell R 4+5 ................................................................................................... Asarkina</p><p>- Mesonotum without a collar of pile; vein R 4+5 nearly straight........................................... Achoanus</p><p>16. Eye densely pilose; metacoxa with tuft of strong pile at posteromedial apical angle (Fig. MND 77)............ Betasyrphus</p><p>- Eye bare; metacoxal without such a pile tuft............................................................... 17</p><p>17. Metasternum pilose; wing densely microtrichose on apical 1/3; scutum dark laterally; male metacoxa simple...... Eupeodes</p><p>- Metasternum bare; wing extensively bare, with only sparse scattered microtrichia on apical 1/3...................... 18</p><p>18. Scutum with well-defined bright yellow lateral vitta, extending from postpronotum to scutellum; male metacoxa with ventral spine-like process (widespread)................................................................... Ischiodon</p><p>- Scutum with ill-defined yellow lateral vitta; male metacoxa simple (northern Chad only)........................ Scaeva</p><p>19. Scutum with lateral yellow vitta extending from postpronotum to scutellum...................................... 21</p><p>- Scutum with lateral yellow vitta not extending beyond transverse suture......................................... 20</p><p>20. Face with broad black vitta; subscutellar fringe well-developed except on medial 1/3; male genitalia small, with tergum 9 at most 1/2 as wide as abdomen; female 5th tergum with distinct yellow maculae which are isolated from lateral margins................................................................................................. Exallandra</p><p>- Face yellow; subscutellar fringe absent; male genitalia large and globose, with tergum 9 as wide as abdomen; female 5th tergum either without yellow maculae or yellow maculae broadly reaching lateral margin.............. Sphaerophoria (s. s.)</p><p>21. Subscutellar fringe complete, dense; male holoptic; male genitalia small, inconspicuous, with tergum 9 at most 1/2 as wide as abdomen; female face without carina (widespread, but not St. Helena).................................... Allograpta</p><p>- Subscutellar fringe absent; male dichoptic; male genitalia large and globose, with tergum 9 as wide as abdomen; female face with a distinct median carina extending from antenna to tubercle (St. Helena only)......... Sphaerophoria (Loveridgeana)</p><p>22. Metepisternum with some fine subappressed pile; katepisternum with pile patches broadly separated posteriorly, joined anteriorly (Fig. MND 42); metacoxa with tuft of pile at posteromedial apical angle (as in Fig. MND 48)................................................................................................ Xanthandrus (Afroxanthandrus)</p><p>- Metepisternum bare; katepisternal pile patches broadly separated throughout (as in Fig. 45); metacoxa with or without pile tuft ................................................................................................... 23</p><p>23. Metacoxal with tuft of pile at posteromedial apical angle (as in Fig. MND 48); metafemur swollen, usually about 3 times as broad as tibia; metasternum entire................................................................. Pelloloma</p><p>- Metacoxa without posteromedial apical pile tuft; metafemur simple, not swollen, about as broad as tibia................ 24</p><p>24. Metasternum greatly reduced, with deep posterior incision laterally so that sclerotized portion consists of a median diamond-shaped area with narrow anterior and lateral strips (Fig. MND 70); face not produced below, with small tubercle (Fig. MND 8)................................................................................... Melanostoma</p><p>- Metasternum entire (Fig. MND 71); face almost straight with strong tubercle (Fig. 1B), slightly produced forward ventrally.............................................................................................. Afrostoma</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFA23F32FF24FC1304B1D708	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFA33F31FF24F9BE04B1D765.text	762A8786FFA33F31FF24F9BE04B1D765.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bacchini (Rotheray and Gilbert 1999)	<div><p>Key to the world genera of the Bacchine and Melanostomine groups</p><p>A. Postpronotum pilose (Fig. MND 64) or if postpronotum bare, then face and/or scutellum at least partially yellow................................................................................................... other Syrphidae - Postpronotum bare; face usually and scutellum entirely black................................................... 1</p><p>1. Abdomen elongate to oval, as broad as or broader than thorax.................................................. 4</p><p>- Abdomen petiolate, at its narrowest (usually 2nd tergum apex), distinctly narrower than thorax........................ 2</p><p>2. Arista pilose, with pili much longer than aristal width; abdomen slightly petiolate, with 2nd tergum narrowed apically and distinctly narrower than 3rd tergum and thorax; hind tibia modified....................................... Spazigaster</p><p>- Arista bare or at most pubescent, with pili only as long as or slightly longer than basal diameter of arista; hind tibia unmodified .................................................................................................... 3</p><p>3. Face with distinct tubercle (Fig. MND 7); metathoracic pleuron bare; scutellum without ventral fringe (not Neotropical).................................................................................................... Baccha</p><p>- Face without tubercle, straight or convex; metathoracic pleuron pilose; scutellum with ventral fringe (Neotropical only)............................................................................................... Leucopodella</p><p>4. Metacoxa bare posteriorly; mesocoxa bare posteriorly......................................................... 7</p><p>- Metacoxa with a tuft of pile at posteromedial apical angle (Fig. MND 77); mesocoxa pilose posteriorly................. 5</p><p>5. Metepisternum with several fine subappressed hairs; katepisternum with pile patches broadly separated posteriorly, joined anteriorly.................................................................................. Xanthandrus</p><p>- Metepisternum bare; katepisternal pile patches broadly separated throughout...................................... 6</p><p>6. Metafemur swollen; antennal pits continuous (Afrotropical only)......................................... Pelloloma</p><p>- Metafemur slender; antennal pits separated (Neotropical only)............................................ Talahua</p><p>7. Metasternum greatly reduced, with deep posterior incision laterally so that sclerotized portion consists of a median diamond-shaped area with narrow anterior and lateral strips (Fig. MND 70); face not produced below, with small tubercle; male legs slender, without bristles, pile tufts or modified hairs............................................. Melanostoma</p><p>- Metasternum entire (cf. Fig. MND 71); face variable, almost straight with weak tubercle or moderately or strongly produced forward ventrally; male sometimes with legs modified, either broadened, or with special bristles, pile tufts or modified hairs .................................................................................................... 8</p><p>8. Face not greatly produced anteriorly; basoflagellomere oval or slightly elongate, never more than twice as long as broad... 11</p><p>- Face produced greatly anteriorly, usually extending well anterior to antennal base; antenna elongate, as long as or longer than face; basoflagellomere elongate, 4 or more times as long as broad............................................... 9</p><p>9. Eye pilose; basoflagellomere elongate, more than 5 times as long as broad; male dichoptic............ Pseudoplatycheirus</p><p>- Eye bare; basoflagellomere shorter; male holoptic........................................................... 10</p><p>10. Eye normal; gena and ventral occiput small, not enlarged; anterior tentorial pit shallow; facial stripe narrow (Neotropical (Andes)).............................................................................. Tuberculanostoma</p><p>- Eye reduced; gena and ventral occiput enlarged; anterior tentorial pit deep; facial stripe broad (Palaearctic (Pamirs))............................................................................................" Tuberculanostoma "</p><p>11. Male proleg usually modified, with protibia apically and probasitarsomere expanded, or profemur or protibia with specialized chaetotaxy (Holarctic &amp; Neotropical (Andean))............................................................. 13</p><p>- Male legs simple (Neotropical or Afrotropical)............................................................. 12</p><p>12. Face with transverse grooves dorsally along tubercle; facial tubercle low dorsally, not distinct; antennal pits separated (Neotropical)................................................................................... Argentinomyia</p><p>- Facial tubercle distinct dorsally, without grooves; antennal pits confluent (Afrotropical)...................... Afrostoma</p><p>13. Mesonotum smooth or with puncta finer and more widely scattered, not producing a distinct rugose appearance; legs partially pale.................................................................................. Platycheirus ... 15</p><p>- Mesonotum distinctly and finely rugose; rugose appearance due to large and closely set puncta, puncta set in irregular rows; legs black........................................................................................... 14</p><p>14. Arista bare, inserted near middle of basoflagellomere; face wider ventrally, with sides divergent ventrally; abdomen with pale maculae.................................................................................. Rohdendorfia</p><p>- Arista pubescent, with short, appressed pile, inserted basally; face not distinctly wider ventrally, with sides approximately parallel; abdomen entirely black................................................................ Syrphocheilosia</p><p>15. Wing shorter than abdomen; abdomen broad or mostly red or black with 2 yellow maculae on 3rd tergum...... Pyrophaena</p><p>- Wing longer than abdomen; abdomen narrow, not with such abdominal pattern.................................... 16</p><p>16. Male: Protibia apically and/or protarsus expanded, usually with specialized setae; profemur without specialized chaetotaxy........................................................................................ Platycheirus (s.s.)</p><p>- Male: Protibia and protarsus simple...................................................................... 17</p><p>17. Male: Profemur posteriorly on at least apical 1/2 with row of stiff straight black setae, with apical-most (last) seta longer and with its apex strongly curved.................................................................. Pachysphyria</p><p>- Male: Profemur without such specialized chaetotaxy......................................................... 18</p><p>18. Face produced ventrally, pollinose with distinct bare puncta; male protibia usually with long black bristles proteriorly (Holarctic and Andean).............................................................................. Carposcalis</p><p>- Face not produced, without distinct bare puncta; male protibia without such specialized chaetotaxy (New Zealand only)................................................................................................ Eocheilosia</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFA33F31FF24F9BE04B1D765	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). 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762A8786FFA13F30FF24FA8B0473D7AC.text	762A8786FFA13F30FF24FA8B0473D7AC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Argentinomyia Lynch-Arribalzaga 1891	<div><p>Genus Argentinomyia Lynch-Arribalzaga</p><p>Argentinomyia Lynch-Arribalzaga, 1891: 199 . Type, testaceipes Lynch-Arribalzaga by monotypy.</p><p>Rhysops Williston, 1907: 2 . Type, Melanostoma rugosonasus Williston by subsequent designation of Coquillett (1910: 601). Braziliana Curran, 1925: 252 . Type, Melanostoma longicornis Williston by original designation. = longicornis Walker Allograptina Enderlein, 1938: 226 . Type, octomaculata Enderlein by original designation.</p><p>Restricted to Neotropical region (32 species, last revision was Fluke (1945) but unfortunately he mixed up " Rhysops " and " Melanostoma " species. One needs, therefore, to run identifications through both of his keys.)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFA13F30FF24FA8B0473D7AC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFA13F3FFF24F90202A1D1FA.text	762A8786FFA13F3FFF24F90202A1D1FA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baccha Fabricius	<div><p>Genus Baccha Fabricius</p><p>Baccha Fabricius, 1805: 199 . Type, Syrphus elongatus Fabricius by subsequent designation of Partington (1835: 275).</p><p>Bacca Rondani, 1845: 458. Misspelling of Baccha Fabricius.</p><p>Bacha Schiner, 1857: 383 . Misspelling of Baccha Fabricius.</p><p>Bacchina Williston, 1896: 86 . Type, Syrphus elongatus Fabricius by subsequent designation of Wirth et al. (1965: 572) Vaccha Parsons, 1948: 226. Misspelling of Baccha Fabricius.</p><p>A north temperate group restricted to the Holarctic and northern Oriental region (13 species: Nearctic (1 species [ elongata Fabricius]); Palaearctic (11 species); Oriental (2 species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFA13F3FFF24F90202A1D1FA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FEF3023ED321.text	762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FEF3023ED321.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leucopodella Hull 1949	<div><p>Genus Leucopodella Hull</p><p>Leucopodella Hull, 1949a: 94 . Type, Baccha lanei Curran by original designation.</p><p>Xestoprosopa Hull, 1949a: 94 . Type, Baccha delicatula Hull by original designation.</p><p>Primarily Neotropical, with one species in northern Mexico and southwestern USA (1 Nearctic species [marmorata Bigot], 10 Neotropical; last key Thompson (1981: 193)).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FEF3023ED321	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FDB503FED531.text	762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FDB503FED531.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melanostoma Schiner 1860	<div><p>Genus Melanostoma Schiner</p><p>Plesia Macquart, 1850: 460 . Type, fasciata Macquart by original designation. Preoccuppied by Jurine (1807: 150) and Klug (1833: 185).</p><p>Melanostoma Schiner, 1860: 213 . Type, Musca mellina Linnaeus by original designation.</p><p>Psilogaster Lioy, 1864: 753 . Type, Musca mellina Linnaeus by subsequent designation of Goffe (1946: 30).</p><p>Psylogaster Lioy, 1864: 753 . Incorrect orginal spelling of Psilogaster Lioy by the revision of Verrall (1901: 56).</p><p>Ptylogaster Bigot, 1883: 225. Misspelling of Psilogaster Lioy.</p><p>Psilogaster Bezzi &amp; Stein, 1907: 57 . Misspelling of Psylogaster Lioy.</p><p>Atrichostich a Enderlein, 1938: 234. Type, Spathiogaster aurantiaca Becker by original designation.</p><p>Anocheila Hellen, 1950: 90 . Type, Chilosia freyi Hellen by monotypy = dubium Zetterstedt.</p><p>All regions except Neotropics (57 species: Nearctic (1 species); Palaearctic (20 species); Afrotropical (23 species); Oriental (10 species) and Australasian (4 species)).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FDB503FED531	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FBA502D0D4AF.text	762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FBA502D0D4AF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pelloloma Vockeroth 1973	<div><p>Genus Pelloloma Vockeroth</p><p>Pelloloma Vockeroth, 1973: 595 . Type, nigrifacies Vockeroth by original designation.</p><p>Restricted to Afrotropical region (3 species; last revision by Kassebeer 2000b). Vockeroth (1973: 597) placed his new genus in the tribe Syrphini on the basis of the complex male genitalia and strong lateral margin on the abdominal terga. He did acknowledge that the black coloration of the face and scutellum as well as the unsegmented phallus suggested placement among the Melanostomine genera.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAE3F3FFF24FBA502D0D4AF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAE3F3EFF24FA000582D04A.text	762A8786FFAE3F3EFF24FA000582D04A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platycheirus Lepeletier & Serville	<div><p>Genus Platycheirus Lepeletier &amp; Serville</p><p>Cheilosia Panzer, 1809: 14 . Type, Syrphus rosarum Fabricius by monotypy.</p><p>Platycheirus Lepeletier &amp; Serville, 1828: 513 . Type, Syrphus scutatus Meigen by subsequent designation of Westwood (1840: 137).</p><p>Platychirus Agassiz, 1846: 295 . Emendation of Platycheirus Lepeletier &amp; Serville.</p><p>Pyrophaena Schiner, 1860: 213 . Type, Syrphus rosarum Fabricius by original designation.</p><p>Poliphaena Neuhaus, 1886: 105. Misspelling of Pyrophaena Schiner.</p><p>Polycheirus Neuhaus, 1886: 99. Misspelling of Platycheirus Meigen.</p><p>Polyphaena Neuhaus, 1886: 86. Misspelling of Pyrophaena Schiner.</p><p>Platychirus Williston, 1887: 56 . Emendation of Platycheirus Lepeletier &amp; Serville.</p><p>Stenocheilosia Matsumura, 1916: 242 . Type, isshikii Matsumura by original designation.</p><p>Carposcalis Enderlein, 1938: 199 . Type, Syrphus stegnus Say by original designation.</p><p>Pachysphyria Enderlein, 1938: 196 . Type, Scaeva ambigua Fallen by original designation.</p><p>Eocheilosia Hull, 1949b: 327 . Type, Cheilosia ronana Miller by original designation.</p><p>Pseudoplatychirus Doesburg, 1955: 48 . Type, peteri van Doesburg by original designation.</p><p>All regions except Afrotropics (201 species: Nearctic (79 species, Vockeroth 1990 revision); Palaearctic (116 species); Neotropical (14 species); Oriental (5 species); Australasian (13 species, all New Zealand). The genus is divided into six subgenera ( Pyrophaena, 4 species: Nearctic (3 species), Palaearctic (3 species); Carposcalis, Nearctic (19 species), Palaearctic (1 species [cheilosiaeformis Smit &amp; Barkalov]), Neotropics (14 species); Eocheilosia, (13 species, New Zealand); Pachysphyria, 8 species: Nearctic (4 species), Palaearctic (6 species); Pseudoplatychirus, Palaearctic (2 species); and the typic subgenus for the rest of the species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAE3F3EFF24FA000582D04A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FE6302CAD374.text	762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FE6302CAD374.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Rohdendorfia Smirnov 1924	<div><p>Genus Rohdendorfia Smirnov</p><p>Rohdendorfia Smirnov, 1924: 94 . Type, dimorpha Smirnov by monotypy.</p><p>Palaearctic region only (3 species), last revision Barkalov &amp; Nielsen (2010)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FE6302CAD374	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FD7A0411D549.text	762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FD7A0411D549.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spazigaster Rondani	<div><p>Genus Spazigaster Rondani</p><p>Spazigaster Rondani, 1843: 43 . Type, apennini Rondani by monotypy = ambulans Fabricius.</p><p>Spazogaster Agassiz, 1846: 345. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Syrphisoma Costa, 1857: 440 . Type, lugubris Costa by original designation = ambulans Fabricius.</p><p>Spatigaster Schiner, 1861: 298. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Spathegaster Schiner, 1868: 339 . Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Spathiogaster Loew, 1876: 18 . Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Spathidogaster Loew, 1876: 18. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Spaziogaster Scudder, 1882: 292. Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Spazogaster Scudder, 1882: 310. Emendation of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Sparzigaster Woodworth, 1913: 145. Misspelling of Spazigaster Rondani.</p><p>Palaearctic region only (2 species). Habitus figure of the type species is given by Speight &amp; Lucas (1992) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FD7A0411D549	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FB6D037DD4AF.text	762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FB6D037DD4AF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Syrphocheilosia Stackelberg 1964	<div><p>Genus Syrphocheilosia Stackelberg</p><p>Syrphocheilosia Stackelberg, 1964: 467 . Type, aterrima Stackelberg by original designation = claviventris Strobl.</p><p>Palaearctic region only, Central Asia (1 species). Claussen (1987) provides a figure of the male genitalia of claviventris (also see Thompson 1980).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FB6D037DD4AF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FA0003BED758.text	762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FA0003BED758.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Talahua Fluke 1945	<div><p>Genus Talahua Fluke</p><p>Talahua Fluke, 1945: 22 (as a subgenus). Type, Melanostoma fervidum Fluke by original designation.</p><p>Neotropical region only, Ecuador (1 species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAF3F3EFF24FA0003BED758	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAF3F3DFF24F91E02A7D1D8.text	762A8786FFAF3F3DFF24F91E02A7D1D8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tuberculanostoma Fluke 1943	<div><p>Genus Tuberculanostoma Fluke</p><p>Tuberculanostoma Fluke, 1943: 425 . Type, antennatum Fluke by original designation.</p><p>Neotropical region only, high Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (4 species, last revision Fluke (1943). Another species, solitarium van Doesburg (1955: 50), was described from the Karakorum mountains (Oriental region). Unfortunately, the species was based only on females and differs significantly from the Neotropical species in having a head with reduced eyes, enlarged gena and ventral occiput, very deep anterior tentorial pits and very broad facial stripes. Tuberculanostoma has a normal head (except for snout), with large eyes, small narrow gena and ventral occiput, shallow tentorial pits and narrow facial stripes. Unfortunately, without a male the description of a new genus for this strange Karakorum species would be premature.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAF3F3DFF24F91E02A7D1D8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FC9605E0D7B6.text	762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FC9605E0D7B6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrostoma Skevington, Thompson & Vockeroth 2014	<div><p>Afrostoma Skevington, Thompson &amp; Vockeroth, gen. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1A–C, 3A–D)</p><p>Type-species. Afrostoma quadripunctatum Skevington &amp; Thompson.</p><p>Description. Small, slender black flies. Length: 7–8 mm. Head: Face straight, slightly projecting, with distinct medial tubercle; oral opening about 1.2 times as long as broad; gena narrow; frontal triangle not swollen; antennal sockets confluent; eye bare, holoptic in male, with eye contiguity slightly longer than frontal triangle; antenna short, with basoflagellomere oval; arista long, about as long as antenna, pubescent, with short pile about as long as aristal diameter. Thorax: Black; postpronotum (humerus) bare; notopleuron with indistinct tubercle; scutellum convex, not modified; subscutellar fringe present, of multiple rows; anterior anepisternum bare; katepisternal pile patches broadly separated throughout; metasternum not excavated anteriorly, bare; metathoracic pile patch absent; metapleuron bare; postmetacoxal bridge absent; legs simple; plumula simple, long. Wing: brownish, microtrichose; vein R 4+5 straight; vein M 1 (apical crossvein) oblique, slightly sinuous; alula broad, about as wide as cell cup. Abdomen: elongate, slightly narrower than thorax, segments more or less quadrate, as long as broad, without marginal sulcus. Male genitalia: surstyles symmetric; lingula absent; postgonite free; phallus one-segmented.</p><p>Etymology. Afrostoma is an arbitrary word derived from combination of the first letters of Afrotropical and the last letters of Melanostoma . The name is to be treated as neuter as is Melanostoma .</p><p>Discussion (including comparative diagnosis). Afrostoma is the sister genus to Melanostoma (Fig. 2) and belongs among the basal syrphine groups in the paraphyletic assemblage known as the tribe Melanostomini or Bacchini (see above). While these flies look like Melanostoma species, close inspection of the metasternum reveals the lack of the basolateral excavation, characteristic of Melanostoma (Andersson 1970) . Also, the male genitalia lack the specialized synapomorphies of Platycheirus (scythe-shaped gonostylus and basomedial lobe on surstyle).</p><p>Afrostoma is very distinctive by its lack of male external secondary characters and biogeography (being endemic to the Afrotropical region where the only other melanostomine group is Melanostoma).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FC9605E0D7B6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FE98031DD3C0.text	762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FE98031DD3C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Xanthandrus Verrall 1901	<div><p>Genus Xanthandrus Verrall</p><p>Xanthandrus Verrall, 1901: 316 . Type, Musca comtus Harris by subsequent designation of Coquillett (1910: 620).</p><p>Hiratana Matsumura &amp; Adachi, 1919: 129 . Type, Syrphus quadriguttulus Matsumura by original designation = comtus Harris. Androsyrphus Thompson, 1981: 106 (as a subgenus). Type, Xanthandrus setifemoratus Thompson by original designation. Indosyrphus Kohli, 1987: 132 . Type, garhwalensis Kohli by original designation.</p><p>Indosyrphus Kohli, et al. 1988: 121. Type, garhwalensis Kohli, Kapoor &amp; Gupta by original designation.</p><p>Afroxanthandrus Kassebeer, 2000a: 150 . Type, Xanthandrus congoensis Curran by original designation.</p><p>All regions (28 species: Nearctic (2 species), Palaearctic (3 species), Neotropical (14 species), Afrotropical (2 species), Oriental (6 species), Australasian (2 species)). The genus is divided into three subgenera ( Androsyrphus, West Indies (1 species [ setifemoratus Thompson]); Afroxanthandrus, Afrotropical (2 species); and the typic subgenus for the rest of the species).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAC3F3DFF24FE98031DD3C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
762A8786FFAC3F3AFF24F9380318D455.text	762A8786FFAC3F3AFF24F9380318D455.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrostoma quadripunctatum Skevington & Thompson 2014	<div><p>Afrostoma quadripunctatum Skevington &amp; Thompson, sp. nov.</p><p>Description. MALE. Head: Black; face sparsely gray pollinose except tubercle shiny, tawny pilose; gena shiny on anterior 1/2, sparsely gray pollinose, white pilose posteriorly; lunule black, shiny; frontal triangle sparsely gray pollinose, tawny pilose except with a few black pili intermixed; eye contiguity long, slightly longer than frontal triangle; ocellar triangle shiny, black pilose; occiput white pollinose except more grayish white on dorsal 1/3, white pilose on ventral 2/3, black pilose dorsally; antenna black. Thorax: Black except postalar callus slightly more brownish black; prothorax grayish-white pollinose, white pilose; notum and scutellum shiny, golden pilose except with some black pili intermixed; pleuron sparsely gray pollinose, yellow pilose; plumula white; calypter white with brown margin and yellow fringe; halter yellow. Legs: Black, except trochanter, base of femora and femoral-tibial joints brownish orange, black pilose except coxae yellow pilose. Wing: Brownish, completely microtrichose. Abdomen: Black except for small yellow quadrate basolateral (only on basolateral 1/5) maculae on 3rd and 4th terga; terga dull black pollinose, yellow pilose except black pilose on apical 1/4 of 4th tergum and white and black pilose on genitalia segments; sterna black, subshiny, very sparsely pollinose, yellow pilose except black pilose apically on 4th sternum. Genitalia: Epandrium quadrate (Fig. 1A); surstylus elongate, simple (Figs 1A, B); ejaculatory apodeme cylindrical (Figs 1C, D); distiphallus notched (Fig. 1D). FEMALE. Unknown.</p><p>Type material. Holotype male: Kenya: Western Province: Kakamega <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.8645&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.2355" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.8645/lat 0.2355)">Forest</a>, [0.2355°N, 34.8645°E], 8–9.xi.[19]83, A. Freidberg (USNM ENT 00036402) (USNM) ; Paratypes: Kenya: same location as holotype: 30.viii.–5.ix.2000, ♂, R. Copeland, Malaise trap (USNM ENT 00036401) (CNC); ... 8–9.xi.1983, 2♂, I. Yarom (USNM ENT 00036403-4); ... 14.i.1996, ♂, I. Yarom &amp; A. Freidberg (USNM ENT 00036405) (USNM); Uganda: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.96895&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.19882" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.96895/lat 0.19882)">South West</a>: Rwenzori Mountains, 5 km west of Kilembe, [0.19882°N, 29.96895°E], 2500m, 6.i.1996, 1♂, A. Freidberg, Malaise trap (USNM ENT 00036406) (CNC) . One Paratype will be returned to an appropriate museum in Kenya.</p><p>Type-locality. Kenya. Western Province: Kakamega <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=34.8645&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=0.2355" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 34.8645/lat 0.2355)">Forest</a>, 0.2355°N, 34.8645°E .</p><p>Etymology. The species epithet, quadripunctatum, is an adjective referring to the four yellow punctate maculae on the abdomen.</p><p>Discussion. Afrostoma quadripunctatum is superficially similar to Melanostoma infuscatum Becker, but the yellow abdominal maculae are much smaller and the facial tubercle is more abrupt and prominent than those in infuscatum . The type series of infuscatum Becker (2 males, 2 females in Paris) was examined and herewith we validate the unpublished lectotype selected by Kassebeer (a male, labeled by him) to ensure consistent and universal interpretation of this name.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/762A8786FFAC3F3AFF24F9380318D455	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Thompson, F. Christian;Skevington, Jeffrey H.	Thompson, F. Christian, Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2014): Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847 (1): 97-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5
