Syritta lanipes Bezzi, 1921

Steenis, Jeroen Van, 2010, A new species of the genus Syritta Le Peletier & Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Syrphidae), with new distributional records of other Syritta species, Norwegian Journal of Entomology 57, pp. 111-119 : 116

Syritta lanipes Bezzi, 1921

( FIGS 17–18 )

One of the three species from the S. lanipes group distributed in eastern Congo and Uganda. According to Lyneborg & Barkemeyer expected to occur in Tanzania. One remarkable record from South Africa made me study Syritta longiseta Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005 ( Figure 20 ) and Syritta pilosa Lyneborg & Barkemeyer 2005 ( Figures 21–23) and conclude that the specimen from South Africa is S. lanipes .

Material studied. ( South Africa) Durban leg. F. Muir 1♂ coll. CUMZ .

Remarks. New to South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 17–18. Syritta lanipes Bezzi, 1921. 17. ♂ South Africa. Hind femur, ventrolateral view. 18. ♂ South Africa. Hind tibia, lateral view.

FIGURES 19-20. Hind femur. 19. Syritta leucopleura ♂ South Africa. Hind femur and tibia, lateral view. 20. Syritta longiseta ♂ Paratype. Swaziland. Hind femur, ventrolateral view