The genus Afrosyrphus Curran (Diptera, Syrphidae), with a description of a new species Author Mengual, Ximo A509310D-B567-4830-B8A4-BCB139BB8768 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. Falkenweg 6, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada. Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 S 5 B 6, Canada. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology unit, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, P. O. Box 17, FI- 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. x.mengual@leibniz-zfmk.de Author Ssymank, Axel 58B9D453-586C-4B08-BAD6-BCC606E3D654 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. Falkenweg 6, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada. Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 S 5 B 6, Canada. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology unit, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 13, P. O. Box 17, FI- 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. ssymanka@t-online.de Author Skevington, Jeffrey H. 7731BE76-3A89-4F55-8362-07CBE2F99136 jhskevington@gmail.com Author Reemer, Menno 9086F7C0-622F-4E5F-BDEB-14E71A027BEE Menno.Reemer@naturalis.nl Author Ståhls, Gunilla D19B1262-503A-48E2-91AE-F99D0F2EA3A3 gunilla.stahls@helsinki.fi text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-04-27 635 1 17 journal article 22443 10.5852/ejt.2020.635 65a16a5a-387d-46c2-93e9-1f0ac7e27896 3778829 AACC0A19-AB11-42E7-9ADA-8BBFB0B656DF Key to species of Afrosyrphus Curran, 1927 1. Females: eyes separated above antennae (dichoptic) ( Fig. 4B )........................................................3 – Males: eyes joined above antennae (holoptic) ( Figs 3B , 4 C–D)......................................................2 2. Hind first tarsomere without long, black pile ( Fig. 5B ). Abdominal tergites 2–4 dark pilose medially and pale pilose laterally, except tergites 2 and 3 pale pilose on anterior margin; tergite 5 dull, pruinose ( Fig. 3B, D ). Scutellum mostly dark pilose, with some pale pile on anterior and posterior margins ( Fig. 3B, D ). Ventral calypter fringe with dark pile. Frontal triangle shiny medially, with black pruinosity along eye margin and dorsally (appearing entirely shiny, black; Fig. 4C ). Genitalia as in Fig. 5 F–H ( Kenya , Uganda ) .................................... A. schmuttereri sp. nov. – Hind first tarsomere with long, black pile on basal ¼ ( Fig. 5A ). Abdominal tergites 2–4 entirely pale pilose; tergite 5 shiny ( Fig. 3A, C ). Scutellum mostly pale pilose, with seldom dark pile ( Fig. 3A, C ). Ventral calypter fringe with pale pile. Frontal triangle shiny medially, with pale pruinosity along eye margin ( Fig. 4D ). Genitalia as in Fig. 5 C–E ( Cameroon , DRC , Uganda , Angola ?, South Africa ?) ............................................................................................. A. varipes Curran, 1927 3. Hind first tarsomere without long, black pile ( Fig. 5B ). Tergite 2 with black fascia on posterior margin ( Fig. 4B ). Face dark in background colour ( Kenya , Uganda ) ............ A. schmuttereri sp. nov. – Hind first tarsomere with long, black pile on basal ¼ ( Fig. 5A ). Tergite 2 entirely orange ( Fig. 4A ). Face paler, orange in background colour ( Cameroon , DRC , Uganda , Angola ?, South Africa ?) ................................................................................................ A. varipes Curran, 1927