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<taxonomicName LSID="DEF3A16C-793B-534A-9CD9-23287183A425" authority="(Speiser, 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Speiser" baseAuthorityYear="1913" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis melanthysana" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanthysana">Senaspis melanthysana (Speiser, 1913)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5, 6" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 5, 6. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 5 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 6 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486699" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figs 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Head, frontal and lateral view S. melanthysana (Speiser) (32, 33 ♂ 34, 35 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486708" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 32-35</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5659" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 56 - 59. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 56 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 57 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 58 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 59 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures56-59" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486714" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 58</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7476" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figures 74 - 76. Senaspis species, right wing 74 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 75 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 76 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures74-76" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486718" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 74</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8690" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 86 - 90. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 86 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 87 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 88 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 89 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♂) 90 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures86-90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486721" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 86</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9196" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figures 91 - 96. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 91 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 92 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 93 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 94 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 95 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 96 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures91-96" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486722" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 96</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 108</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 109</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Protylocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Protylocera melanthysana" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanthysana">Protylocera melanthysana</taxonomicName>
Speiser, 1913: 122.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
A dark species (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5, 6" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 5, 6. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 5 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 6 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486699" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">6</figureCitation>
) without distinct macula on wing but with darker medial area (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7476" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figures 74 - 76. Senaspis species, right wing 74 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 75 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 76 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures74-76" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486718" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">74</figureCitation>
). It can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. nigrita" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="nigrita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
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by the basal half of the scutellum largely concolourous with the scutum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5659" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 56 - 59. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 56 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 57 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 58 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 59 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures56-59" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486714" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">58</figureCitation>
) (scutellum largely yellow, contrasting with dark scutum in
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. nigrita" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="nigrita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
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; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5659" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 56 - 59. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 56 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 57 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 58 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 59 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures56-59" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486714" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">59</figureCitation>
). It resembles strongly
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
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but can be differentiated by the following characters: metafemur moderately thickened and straight to slight convex ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8690" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 86 - 90. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 86 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 87 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 88 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 89 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♂) 90 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures86-90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486721" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">86</figureCitation>
) (thicker and concave in
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8690" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 86 - 90. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 86 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 87 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 88 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 89 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♂) 90 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures86-90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486721" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">88</figureCitation>
); abdomen with long dark pile along lateral margins (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9196" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figures 91 - 96. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 91 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 92 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 93 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 94 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 95 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 96 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures91-96" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486722" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">96</figureCitation>
) (mixed short pale and dark pile in
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 97101" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figures 97 - 101. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 97 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 98 S. umbrifera (Walker) (♂ holotype) 99 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 100 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♀) 101 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures97-99" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486723" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">98</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 97101" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figures 97 - 101. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 97 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 98 S. umbrifera (Walker) (♂ holotype) 99 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 100 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♀) 101 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures97-99" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486723" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">99</figureCitation>
); long dark pile on all sterna (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5, 6" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 5, 6. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 5 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 6 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486699" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">6</figureCitation>
) (pale pile on sterna II and III in
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9, 10" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 9, 10. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 9 S. umbrifera (Walker) (♂ holotype) 10 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures9-10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486701" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">10</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Type.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Protylocera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Protylocera melanthysana" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanthysana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Protylocera melanthysana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Speiser: Holotype, female, CAMEROON, Soppo am Kamerunberge, von Rothkirch [institutional depository unknown; not examined].
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures86-90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486721" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 8690" startId="F25">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 86-90.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, hind leg, anterior view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">86</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. melanthysana" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="melanthysana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. melanthysana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Speiser) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">87</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. nigrita" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="nigrita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bigot) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">88</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">S. nr umbrifera</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">89</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. xanthorrhoea" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="xanthorrhoea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. xanthorrhoea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">90</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pennata" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="pennata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. pennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hervé-Bazin">Herve-Bazin</normalizedToken>
) (♀).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Examined material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
Cameroon • 1♀;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yaoundé">Yaounde</normalizedToken>
; Molez leg.; MNHN. Democratic Republic of the Congo • 1♂; Bamania; 11 May 1924; J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Béquaert">Bequaert</normalizedToken>
leg.; KMMA • 1♀; Bayenge, Wamba; 8 Jul. 1956; R. Castelain leg.; KMMA • Eala; 3♂♂; Eala; 29 Jul. 1935; J.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Ghesquière">Ghesquiere</normalizedToken>
leg.; KBIN • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; 22 Aug. 1935 • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Sep. 1935 • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Feb. 1936 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Mar. 1936 • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Aug. 1936 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Oct. 1936 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; Jan. 1935; KMMA • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Aug. 1935 • 1♂; Poko; Aug. 1913; NHMUK • 5♂♂ 1♀; Stanleyville [= Kisangani]; Mar. 1915; Lang and Chapin leg.; AMNH • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; CNC • 6♂♂ 3♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; KMMA • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; Apr. 1915; AMNH • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; CNC • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Apr. 1915; AMNH • 1♂; same collection data as for preceding; 5 Apr. 1915 • 1♂ 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Apr. 1915 • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 7 Jul. 1915. Kenya • 1♀; Ngong; Apr. 1944; V.G.L. van Someren leg.; NHMUK. Uganda • 1♀; Entebbe; 1-11 Sep. 1911; S.A. Neave leg.; NHMUK • 1♀; same collection data as for preceding; 12-20 Jan. 1912.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 91-96.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, abdomen, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">91</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dentipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="dentipes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. dentipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Macquart) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">92</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dibapha" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="dibapha">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. dibapha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">93</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. elliotii" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="elliotii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. elliotii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Austen (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">94</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. flaviceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="flaviceps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. flaviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Macquart (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">95</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. haemorrhoa" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="haemorrhoa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. haemorrhoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Gerstaecker) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">96</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. melanthysana" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="melanthysana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. melanthysana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Speiser) (♂).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Body length: 12.6-19.0 mm. Wing length: 9.5-14.3 mm.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Male</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5, 6" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 5, 6. Senaspis species, habitus, lateral view 5 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 6 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures5-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486699" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">6</figureCitation>
). Head (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Head, frontal and lateral view S. melanthysana (Speiser) (32, 33 ♂ 34, 35 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486708" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">32</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Head, frontal and lateral view S. melanthysana (Speiser) (32, 33 ♂ 34, 35 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486708" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">33</figureCitation>
). Eye bare; holoptic, eye contiguity for distance equal to length or 1.5 times length of ocellar triangle, facets dorsally slightly larger, at most twice as large in diameter as ventral ones. Frons black-brown; largely subshiny with black pollinosity in dorsal fifth only, along eye margins narrowly silver-grey pollinose; dispersed short dark pile, dorsally somewhat longer. Face black-brown; subshiny with pale brownish to greyish pollinosity, in parts more densely so, medial part and ventral lateral parts largely devoid of pollinosity; pollinose parts with dispersed long pale pile; facial tubercle strongly pronounced. Gena as pollinose parts of face; with short to long pale pile. Occiput black-brown, covered with dully grey pollinosity; with dispersed pale pile except dorsally where sometimes darker yellow to black. Antennal segments black-brown, arista orange-brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Thorax</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 5659" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figures 56 - 59. Senaspis species, thorax, dorsal view 56 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 57 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 58 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 59 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures56-59" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486714" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">58</figureCitation>
). Scutum subshiny black, with brownish to brownish grey pollinosity; with short pale pile. Scutellum apical margin rounded, distinctly marginate, ca. 2.5-3 times as wide as long; pale brownish, anterior margin narrowly darker brown; with short pale pile, longer along margin. Pleura ground colour black-brown, greyish pollinose, anepimeron less so; covered with dispersed long pale pile except on meron, dorsomedial anepimeron, ventral part of katepimeron, anterior part of katepisternum and anterior anepisternum, pilosity on posterior anepisternum more conspicuous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Legs</emphasis>
. Mainly black to black-brown; with short black pile, along posterior margin of pro- and mesofemora and along ventral margin of metafemur with longer dark pile, sometimes base of pro- and mesofemora narrowly with more pale brownish pile; along ventral margin of metafemur with longer dark pile, basally with anterodorsal patch of longer dark pile. Metaleg (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 8690" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figures 86 - 90. Senaspis species, hind leg, anterior view 86 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 87 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 88 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂) 89 S. xanthorrhoea (Bezzi) (♂) 90 S. pennata (Herve-Bazin) (♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures86-90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486721" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">86</figureCitation>
), femur moderately thickened, with ventral swelling in apical fifth; tibia slightly bent at base, thickened and curved, pile along ventral margin in apical half to two-thirds longer and more dense.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Wing</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7476" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figures 74 - 76. Senaspis species, right wing 74 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂) 75 S. nigrita (Bigot) (♂) 76 S. nr umbrifera (Walker) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures74-76" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486718" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">74</figureCitation>
). Usually distinct fumose yellow-brown tinge, especially in medial part cell r1, basal part r2+3 and distal part R; towards posterior margin and apex more greyish, sometimes posteriorly more hyaline. Calypters dark brown, concolourous with or darker than medial part wing; with fringe of black pile. Cell r1 closed and petiolate, petiole at most as long as half the height of base of stigma. Vein R4+5 sinuate; usually not appendiculate, rarely with short appendix.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9196" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figures 91 - 96. Senaspis species, abdomen, dorsal view 91 S. dentipes (Macquart) (♂) 92 S. dibapha (Walker) (♂) 93 S. elliotii Austen (♂) 94 S. flaviceps Macquart (♂) 95 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) (♂) 96 S. melanthysana (Speiser) (♂)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures91-96" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486722" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">96</figureCitation>
). Uniformly subshiny brown to black-brown; with short dark pile, except tergum I, and anterolateral parts of tergum II where pale; pilosity along lateral margins of all terga conspicuous and dense, along tergum IV and postabdomen longer. Postabdomen small. All sterna with dispersed long dark pile. Male genitalia as in Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">108</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 102113" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figures 102 - 113. Senaspis species, male terminalia 102 - 108, 110, 112 dorsal view 109, 111, 113 lateral view 102 S. dentipes (Macquart) 103 S. dibapha (Walker) 104 S. elliotii Austen 105 S. flaviceps Macquart 106 S. haemorrhoa (Gerstaecker) 107 S. nigrita (Bigot) 108, 109 S. melanthysana (Speiser) 110, 111 S. umbrifera (Walker) (holotype) 112, 113 S. nr umbrifera (Walker)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">109</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Female.</emphasis>
As male except for the following character states: Eye dichoptic (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Head, frontal and lateral view S. melanthysana (Speiser) (32, 33 ♂ 34, 35 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486708" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">34</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 3235" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 32 - 35. Head, frontal and lateral view S. melanthysana (Speiser) (32, 33 ♂ 34, 35 ♀)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures32-35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486708" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">35</figureCitation>
), facets equal to subequal in size. Frons with black pollinose fascia in dorsal part for length at least equal to ocellar triangle, bordered by very narrow and less dense greyish-brown fascia. Abdomen, pilosity along lateral margins of all terga short and more dispersed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda. Also recorded from Kenya (
<bibRefCitation author="De Meyer, M" journalOrPublisher="Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports, Biodiversity database" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="1 - 11" refId="B14" refString="De Meyer, M, Vanden Berghe, E, Whittington, AE, 1995. Specimen database Syrphidae (Diptera) of East Africa. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports, Biodiversity database 1: 1 - 11" title="Specimen database Syrphidae (Diptera) of East Africa." volume="1" year="1995">De Meyer et al. 1995</bibRefCitation>
) but this needs to be confirmed as the material was unavailable for this study.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures97-99" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486723" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 97101" startId="F27">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 97-101.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, abdomen, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">97</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. nigrita" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="nigrita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bigot) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">98</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (♂ holotype)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">99</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">S. nr umbrifera</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (♂)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">100</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. xanthorrhoea" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="xanthorrhoea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. xanthorrhoea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bezzi) (♀)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">101</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. pennata" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="pennata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. pennata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<normalizedToken originalValue="Hervé-Bazin">Herve-Bazin</normalizedToken>
) (♀).
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
For similarities and differences with
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1849" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis umbrifera" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, see comments under the latter. Both species occur sympatrically, like in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kisangani) and Uganda (Entebbe) (see material examined), but
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a larger distribution throughout. The holotype could not be found but the original description defines the main diagnostic character states and corresponds with material studied.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1003.56557.figures102-113" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/486724" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figures 102113" startId="F28">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figures 102-113.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1850" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Senaspis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Senaspis" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Senaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, male terminalia
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">102-108, 110, 112</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">109, 111, 113</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">102</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dentipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="dentipes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. dentipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Macquart)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">103</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. dibapha" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="dibapha">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. dibapha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walker)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">104</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. elliotii" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="elliotii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. elliotii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Austen
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">105</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. flaviceps" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="flaviceps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. flaviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Macquart
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">106</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. haemorrhoa" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="haemorrhoa">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. haemorrhoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Gerstaecker)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">107</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. nigrita" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="nigrita">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. nigrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bigot)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">108, 109</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. melanthysana" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="melanthysana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. melanthysana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Speiser)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">110, 111</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">S. umbrifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Walker) (holotype)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">112, 113</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. umbrifera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="umbrifera">S. nr umbrifera</taxonomicName>
(Walker).
</paragraph>
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