Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Sphegina Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae) Author Steenis, Jeroen Van C7F0D01C-B182-4B93-AF73-E4154367B535 Research Associate, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden; Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, the Netherlands. jvansteenis@syrphidaeintrees.com Author Hippa, Heikki 546524AD-3BD1-4830-842F-EEEE7DF4799B Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI- 20014 University of Turku, Finland. heikki.hippa@gmail.com Author Mutin, Valeri A. 625E0F27-4538-417D-9155-6141947F04EA Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 681000, Russia. valerimutin@mail.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-12-20 489 1 198 journal article 22082 10.5852/ejt.2018.489 79a76a5f-97b3-47cc-9bff-086a712cf3e2 3830537 B234C53F-BB56-4F3D-B400-F214E19DCF90 Sphegina ( Asiosphegina ) asciiformis Brunetti, 1915 Sphegina asciiformis Brunetti, 1915: 223 . Type locality: Darjiling, India ( holotype , ♀ , NZSI). Differential diagnosis See under the Remarks below. Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀ ; “Ind. Mus. / Darjiling / alt. 7000 ft. / 29–V–[19]10 / Brunetti ”; “ TYPE ”; “ Sphegina / asciiformis / Brun Type ♀ / det Brun. 1923”; “9758 / 112”; “ Sphegina asciiformis Brun ” [handwritten]; “ Zoological Survey of India / [barcode] / ZSI0000004488 ”; photos of the specimen in lateral and dorsal view studied; the specimen is in bad condition: antennae, left wing, protarsi, meso- and metalegs missing; ZSI . Description (see also Brunetti 1915 , 1923 ) Female LENGTH. Body 4 mm , wing 4 mm . HEAD. Face in lateral view concave, weakly projected antero-ventrally; frontal prominence weakly developed. Face black, light grey pollinose. Hypostomal bridge black. Gena black, mouth edge redbrown with large triangular non-pollinose shiny area. Frons and vertex black, predominantly grey pollinose, a rather wide semi-circular area posterior of lunula non-pollinose and shiny. Occiput black, light grey pollinose. Antenna brown to black; arista long. THORAX. Colour dark brown to black, weakly greyish pollinose, with denser grey pollinose vitta submedially; pleuron with greyish pollinosity and white pile. Scutellum semi-circular, black, shiny. WING. Entirely hyaline, stigma yellowish. Crossvein dm-cu meeting vein M obliquely and vein M 1 meeting vein R 4+5 perpendicularly. LEGS. Pro- and mesoleg yellow. Metafemur black and yellow biannulate, incrassate; metatibia black and yellow biannulate; metatarsus entirely black, basitarsomere thick. ABDOMEN. Terga black; pile very short and white; tergum II strongly constricted anteriorly and relatively short, about twice as long as tergum I and about 1.5 times as long as each of terga III and IV. Male Unknown. Remarks Only the holotype female of Sphegina (Asiosphegina) asciiformis from Darjeeling, India , is known. By the hyaline wing, oblique vein dm-cu and the short tergum II this species recalls Sphegina (Asiosphegina) apicalis , S . (A . ) farinosa sp. nov. and S. (A.) nubicola sp. nov. , but differs by the entirely yellow pro- and mesolegs (in all others at least tarsomeres 4 and 5 of pro- and mesotarsus black) and by the entirely black abdomen.