Syritta thompsoni Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005

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 : 119

Syritta thompsoni Lyneborg & Barkemeyer, 2005

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This species is easily recognized by the large bulge on the ventral side of the hind femur. Based on the modification of the hind tibia it is placed in the S. nigrifemorata group, and it is only known from Taiwan and the Trouwars island near Java. The specimen mentioned here is compared with a paratype male in RMNH .

Material studied. Missool Id. (W.) 0–75 m a.s.l. Waigama 8.IX–20.X.1948 leg. M.A. Lieftinck 1♂ coll. RMNH .

Remark. New to Missool island.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Syritta thompsoni ♂ Missool Island. Hind femur and tibia, lateral view.