The genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in a biodiversity hotspot: the thirty-six sympatric species in Kambaiti, Myanmar

HEIKKI HIPPA; JEROEN VAN STEENIS; VALERI A. MUTIN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3954.1.1

Issue: Vol. 3954 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2015

Type: Monograph

Published: 2015-04-30

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3954.1.1

Page range: 1–67

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**The genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in a biodiversity hotspot: the thirty-six sympatric species in Kambaiti, Myanmar**

HEIKKI HIPPA⁺⁻
JEROEN VAN STEENIS⁺⁻
VALERI A. MUTIN⁺⁻

Gribbylunds allé 2, SE-183 65, Täby, Sweden.

Research Associate NBC Leiden, Hof der Toekomst 48 3823 HX Amersfoort, Netherlands.

Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 681000, Russia.

Diptera new species key Oriental region Burma hoverflies René Malaise

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Abstract

The material of Sphegina collected by René Malaise in Kambaiti, Myanmar, in 1934 includes S. (Sphegina) kumaoniensis Mutin and the following 35 new species: S. (Sphegina) uncinata, S. (Asiosphegina) achaeta, S. (A.) adusta, S. (A.) atricolor, S. (A.) bidens, S. (A.) bilobata, S. (A.) carinata, S. (A.) cerina, S. (A.) crassispina, S. (A.) crucivena, S. (A.) culex, S. (A.) cultrigera, S. (A.) ensifera, S. (A.) falcata, S. (A.) forceps, S. (A.) forficata, S. (A.) furva, S. (A.) gigas, S. (A.) index, S. (A.) malaisei, S. (A.) minuta, S. (A.) mirifica, S. (A.) nasuta, S. (A.) pollex, S. (A.) pollinosa, S. (A.) parvula, S. (A.) pusilla, S. (A.) radula, S. (A.) raduloides, S. (A.) siculifera, S. (A.) simplex, S. (A.) sinesmila, S. (A.) subradula, S. (A.) trichaeta and S. (A.) trispina. A key to the studied species is given. The world fauna of Sphegina now comprises 120 species.