<strong>Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera</strong>

F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON; JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5

Issue: Vol. 3847 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-08-06

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5

Page range: 97–114

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Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera

F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON⁺⁻
JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20013-7012, USA.

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada.

Syrphinae key Bacchini Melanostomini

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Abstract

A new genus and species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae: Syrphini) are described from central Africa (Kenya & Uganda), Afrostoma quadripunctatum. A key to the Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Syrphinae is given. A review of the melanostomine [Bacchini] genera and subgenera is provided along with a key to them. Phylogenetic placement of Afrostoma is included based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) data.