A New Record From The Genus Callicera Panzer, 1809 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) From India Author Sengupta, Jayita Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, INDIA. E mail: jayitasengupta 9 @ gmail. com jayitasengupta9@gmail.com Author Naskar, Atanu Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053 INDIA. E-mail: atanudiptera @ gmail. com atanudiptera@gmail.com Author Parui, Panchanan Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053 INDIA. E-mail: panchananparui 042 @ gmail. com panchananparui042@gmail.com Author Homechaudhuri, Sumit Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata- 700019 INDIA. E-mail: Sumithomchaudhuri @ gmail. com umithomchaudhuri@gmail.com Author Banerjee, Dhriti Diptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053 INDIA. E-mail: dhritibanerjee @ gmail. com dhritibanerjee@gmail.com text Munis Entomology & Zoology 2020 2020-01-31 15 1 140 144 journal article 22893 10.5281/zenodo.3761950 1553f5f6-a304-4295-9bb9-d22a659511c0 1306-3022 3761950 Callicera nitens Coe, 1964 ( Figs. 1 A-1F) 1964. Callicera nitens Coe. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. , 15: 287. Type location: Nepal . Material examined: 3 ♂♂ , Tukpa Valley , Kinnaur district, 2530 mt, 31°25'59"N , 78°14 '36"E , 15.iv.18 , coll: J.Sengupta . Diagnosis: Head : Shining black in colour, covered sparsely with golden orange hairs. Antennae comparatively long with basoflagellomere having excessively long terminal arista. Arista terminal in appearance. Frons less densely haired than face. Thorax : Entirely shining black in colour and covered with dense hairs. Hairs predominantly black on notopleuron, posterior anepisternum and on scutellum rim. Abdomen : Shining black in colour and highly covered with pubescences. 1 st and 2 nd abdominal segments covered with dense white pubescences. Whereas hairs covering rest of the segments are brown yellow to black in colour. Legs : Dark brown to yellow brown in colour. Tibia covered with white coloured pubescences. Trochanters entirely brownish orange, claws usually bicolored. Wing : Clear in appearance, brown suffusion across the middle of wing. Wing venation normal. Microtrichia present in very few abundance. All veins yellow orange in appearance. Distribution: India : Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur: Tukpa Valley. Distribution: Elsewhere: Oriental Region ( Nepal ).