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<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876546A41C9CEBAE1241E7B572" box="[647,722,1813,1839]" captionStart="Figs 34" captionStartId="12.[189,242,1908,1934]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,262,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-12@12.[189,1399,265,1853]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figs 34. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Habitus, lateral view. 3. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), holotype, ♂ (MCSNG). 4. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211695)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914496" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914496/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="256">Figs 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876546A41C9D5BAE124062B56D" box="[823,855,1813,1840]" captionStart="Figs 3136" captionStartId="35.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-13@35.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="Figs 3136. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. 3134. Metaleg, anterior view. 31. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, holotype, ♀ (MCSNG). 32. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (RMCA ENT 000044357). 33. M. wyatti sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (ANHRTUK 00282323). 34. M. stipulata sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (NMSA DIP 211776). 3536. Metafemur, ventral view. 35. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (RMCA ENT 000040720). 36. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (NMSA DIP 48401)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914514" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914514/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="256">35</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9ED1A8004289B37C" bold="true" box="[189,444,263,289]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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This species belongs to a group differentiated from other Afrotropical species of
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9AD1A831462FB30D" box="[1213,1306,310,336]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Mallota</emphasis>
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by the distinctly long pilose eyes and dichoptic eyes in both sexes. It can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9AD6A85D4670B32E" box="[1210,1349,346,371]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M. aenigma</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9ED0A87A421CB3CB" box="[188,297,380,406]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M. hircus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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by the bare clypeus (with a tuft of long pile in
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9DCDA87A408CB3CB" box="[929,953,381,406]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9DA5A87A471BB3CB" box="[969,1070,381,406]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">aenigma</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9A0FA87A474EB3CB" box="[1123,1147,381,406]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9AE6A87B47E7B3CB" box="[1162,1234,380,406]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">hircus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). It resembles most closely
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9F30A8A642E7B3E7" box="[348,466,416,442]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M. glabra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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but can be differentiated from this by the sharply pointed apex of the metatibia (with blunt apex in
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9C7AA8C341BFB380" box="[534,650,451,477]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M. glabra</emphasis>
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) and the distal half of the metafemur which ventrally is densely short black pilose (bare in
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9F99A8E0415FB05D" box="[501,618,486,512]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">M. glabra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<heading id="1D630B6E6547A41D9ED1AB2F4259B01C" bold="true" box="[189,364,551,578]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" reason="3">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9ED1AB2F4259B01C" bold="true" box="[189,364,551,578]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Type material</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9E86AB51416CB02C" bold="true" box="[234,601,598,625]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9E86AB514253B02D" box="[234,358,598,624]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9FE1AB51416CB02C" bold="true" box="[397,601,598,625]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Eristalis dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1AB7E4642B0CE" blockId="15.[189,1399,598,660]" box="[189,1399,633,660]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<materialsCitation id="F6FCB65F6547A41D9ED1AB7E4642B0CE" box="[189,1399,633,660]" collectionCode="NHMW" collectorName="Winthem" country="South Africa" location="SOUTH AFRICA" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="lectotype">
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926547A41D9ED1AB7E42BBB0CE" box="[189,398,633,659]" name="South Africa" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
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; “Cap”;
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leg.;
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. This specimen is hereby designated as
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.
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9E86ABBC41A0B088" bold="true" box="[234,661,698,725]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9E86ABBC4297B088" box="[234,418,699,725]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="paralectotype">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9FA6ABBD41A0B088" bold="true" box="[458,661,698,725]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Eristalis dasyops</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1ABD941EFB146" blockId="15.[189,1398,698,795]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
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(examination of images only);
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;
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<collectingDate id="226E632A6547A41D9A4AABD94794B0A5" box="[1062,1185,734,760]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="1816-12">Dec. 1816</collectingDate>
</date>
;
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leg.;
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,
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,
<specimenCode id="163214796547A41D9C6CAA0641E3B146" box="[512,726,769,795]" collectionCode="ZMUC" country="Denmark" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mci8-ehqk" name="Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">ZMUC 00024914</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0E8EEF896547A41D9ED1AA45414DB6FD" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1AA454271B101" blockId="15.[189,324,834,860]" box="[189,324,834,860]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<heading id="1D630B6E6547A41D9ED1AA454271B101" bold="true" box="[189,324,834,860]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" reason="3">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9ED1AA454271B101" bold="true" box="[189,324,834,860]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1AA764171B603" blockId="15.[188,1400,881,1119]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
The original publication by
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36547A41D9C65AA7641DEB1D6" author="Wiedemann C. R. W." box="[521,747,881,907]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref21964" refString="Wiedemann C. R. W. 1819. Beschreibung neuer Zweiflugler aus Ostindien und Afrika. Zoologisches Magazin 1: 1 - 39. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 14928704 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1819">Wiedemann (1819)</bibRefCitation>
indicates that the description is based on a female and gives no indication of male specimens. Yet, one of the ZMUC specimens bears a label with a date corresponding with the month (December) as indicated in the original description and another label with reference to Westermann (“Mus Westerm.”). It is, therefore, unclear whether the male specimens should be considered as part of the
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9C6FAAF9416BB645" box="[515,606,1022,1048]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
series but we have included them here. The female specimen of the Winthem collection in NHMW is hereby designated as
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9D2EAD264084B666" box="[834,945,1057,1083]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
. For further discussion on the origin of this specimen see
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36547A41D9FFDAD424174B603" author="Denner F." box="[401,577,1092,1119]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" pagination="55 - 166" refId="ref20741" refString="Denner F. 2017. Type specimens of Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B fur Botanik und Zoologie 119: 55 - 166." type="journal article" year="2017">Denner (2017)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9E86AD81414DB6FD" blockId="15.[189,1398,1157,1255]" box="[234,632,1157,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9E86AD81414DB6FD" bold="true" box="[234,632,1157,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9E86AD814253B6FD" box="[234,358,1158,1184]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816547A41D9FE1AD82414DB6FD" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1855" box="[397,632,1157,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edentulus">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9FE1AD82414DB6FD" bold="true" box="[397,632,1157,1184]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Merodon edentulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1ADAE4188B6BB" blockId="15.[189,1398,1157,1255]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
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;
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of Good Hope
</location>
; ex Bigot Collection;
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,
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013933222
</specimenCode>
. This specimen is hereby designated as
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.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9E86AC09414CB775" blockId="15.[189,1399,1293,1391]" box="[234,633,1293,1320]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9E86AC09414CB775" bold="true" box="[234,633,1293,1320]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9E86AC094253B775" box="[234,358,1294,1320]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816547A41D9FE1AC0A414CB775" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1915" box="[397,633,1293,1320]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pachymera">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9FE1AC0A414CB775" bold="true" box="[397,633,1293,1320]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Mallota pachymera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9ED1AC3642E0B733" blockId="15.[189,1399,1293,1391]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<materialsCitation id="F6FCB65F6547A41D9ED1AC3642E0B733" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="Saunders" country="South Africa" location="Cape of Good Hope" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Western Cape" typeStatus="lectotype">
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926547A41D9ED1AC3642BBB716" box="[189,398,1329,1355]" name="South Africa" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="5092778B6547A41D9FC9AC36428BB716" box="[421,446,1329,1355]" count="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="male"></specimenCount>
;
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<collectingRegion id="845072E06547A41D9FA6AC364133B716" box="[458,518,1329,1355]" country="South Africa" name="Western Cape" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Cape</collectingRegion>
of Good Hope
</location>
; ex coll.
<collectorName id="EB61D9D46547A41D9D72AC3640BFB716" box="[798,906,1329,1355]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Saunders</collectorName>
54.13;
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. This specimen is hereby designated as
<typeStatus id="992F02A06547A41D9F0EAC5342E4B733" box="[354,465,1364,1390]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">lectotype</typeStatus>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026547A41D9E86AC91419FB7ED" blockId="15.[189,1393,1429,1491]" box="[234,682,1429,1456]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<emphasis id="74E060106547A41D9E86AC91419FB7ED" bold="true" box="[234,682,1429,1456]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
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of
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<collectingDate id="226E632A6547A41D9CC0AF2E4016B41E" box="[684,803,1577,1603]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2012-10">Oct. 2012</collectingDate>
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<date id="322A9AC26547A41D9CA1AF6D40B0B4D9" box="[717,901,1642,1669]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2011-10-05" valueMax="2011-10-19" valueMin="2011-10-05">519 Oct. 2011</date>
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<collectingDate id="226E632A6547A41D9F9AAFAB4144B498" box="[502,625,1707,1734]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="1946-05">May 1946</collectingDate>
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;
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,
<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9DC0AFAB4734B49B" box="[940,1025,1708,1734]" collectionName="Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="163214796547A41D9A64AFAB47E5B498" box="[1032,1232,1707,1734]" collectionCode="RMCA" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="Museum">
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000039630
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<date id="322A9AC26547A41D9A5EAFEA47DEB55A" box="[1074,1259,1773,1799]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2019-10-08" valueMax="2019-10-11" valueMin="2019-10-08">
<collectingDate id="226E632A6547A41D9A5EAFEA47DEB55A" box="[1074,1259,1773,1799]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2019-10-08" valueMax="2019-10-11" valueMin="2019-10-08">811 Oct. 2019</collectingDate>
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;
<collectorName id="EB61D9D46547A41D9A94AFEA4643B55A" box="[1272,1398,1773,1799]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">J. Midgley</collectorName>
leg.;
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,
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<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9F31AE174285B577" box="[349,432,1808,1834]" collectionName="South Africa, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">NMSA</collectionCode>
DIP 175980
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,
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DIP 175981
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;
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000040707
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,
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<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9A67AE334776B513" box="[1035,1091,1844,1870]" collectionName="ENT" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">ENT</collectionCode>
000040716
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<specimenCode id="163214796547A41D9A8CAE344270B52C" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
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000040719
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,
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<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9F39AE50429FB52C" box="[341,426,1879,1905]" collectionName="Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">RMCA</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9FD9AE5042D8B52C" box="[437,493,1879,1905]" collectionName="ENT" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">ENT</collectionCode>
000040720
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,
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<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9C9CAE50401DB52C" box="[752,808,1879,1905]" collectionName="ENT" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">ENT</collectionCode>
000040715
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;
<date id="322A9AC26547A41D9F8FAE7D4158B5C9" box="[483,621,1914,1940]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2022-02-08">
<collectingDate id="226E632A6547A41D9F8FAE7D4158B5C9" box="[483,621,1914,1940]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" value="2022-02-08">8 Feb. 2022</collectingDate>
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;
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,
<collectorName id="EB61D9D46547A41D9C9AAE7D4068B5C9" box="[758,861,1914,1940]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Jordaens</collectorName>
and
<collectorName id="EB61D9D46547A41D9DFDAE7D40C1B5C9" box="[913,1012,1914,1940]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">Midgley</collectorName>
leg.;
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,
<specimenCode id="163214796547A41D9AFFAE7D4643B5C9" box="[1171,1398,1914,1940]" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">
<collectionCode id="208524C76547A41D9AFFAE7D47D3B5C9" box="[1171,1254,1914,1940]" collectionName="South Africa, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Museum" pageId="15" pageNumber="257">NMSA</collectionCode>
DIP 212418
</specimenCode>
to
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</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCount id="5092778B6547A41D9F29AE9A4245B5EA" box="[325,368,1949,1975]" count="1" pageId="15" pageNumber="257" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
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DIP 14087
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.
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DIP 49017
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101657
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DIP 211695
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;
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,
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101658
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Body length:
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. Wing length: 8.0
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<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029F60AA5A4254B125" box="[268,353,861,888]" captionStart="Figs 1116" captionStartId="31.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[200,1389,261,1815]" captionTargetId="figure-13@31.[203,1384,265,1815]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Figs 1116. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Head, lateral view. 11. M. hirsuta Hull, 1941, holotype, ♀ (ANSP ENT 142915 (6591)). 12. M. meromacrimima Hull, 1941, holotype, ♂ (ANSP ENT 142916 (6592)). 13. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), ♀ (RBINS, Eala, Aug. 1935, J. Ghesquière). 14. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211695). 15. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 16. M. hircus sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (RMCA ENT 000037957)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914504" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914504/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
). Eye with medium long to long whitish pile; dichoptic, separated for distance at least equal to ocellus of ocellar triangle, ommatidia equal in size. Frons protruding, in lateral view at most equal to facial tubercle; ground colour black, narrowly yellow along ventral margin; dorsal of antennae shining, otherwise dark grey pollinosity, along eye margins denser silvery pollinosity; with long intermixed black and pale brown pile. Ocellar triangle black, anterior of ocellar triangle area with macula of grey pollinosity; long black pilose. Face ground colour black, sometimes sublateral band from eye margin to oral margin more yellow-brown; with dense whitish pollinosity, facial tubercle and medial part ventral of tubercle less dense pollinose; with dispersed long yellow pile along dorsolateral margins, otherwise bare; facial tubercle weakly pronounced. Antennal segments black-brown, postpedicel black; arista bare, black-brown; postpedicel longer than wide.
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(
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029F47ADDB4241B6AB" box="[299,372,1244,1270]" captionStart="Figs 34" captionStartId="12.[189,242,1908,1934]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,262,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-12@12.[189,1399,265,1853]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="Figs 34. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Habitus, lateral view. 3. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), holotype, ♂ (MCSNG). 4. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211695)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914496" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914496/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Scutum subshining black; with grey pollinosity, with long pale brown pile; anteriorly and medially fasciae with more brownish pollinosity and pile intermixed with black hairs. Scutellum yellow-brown, paler than scutum; with long pale yellow pile; anteromedially rarely with slightly darker yellow pile. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long pale brown pile, otherwise bare.
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. Femora mainly yellow-orange with black maculae; with short to long dense pale yellow pile except ventrally where short black pile. Metafemur (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029CBDACCA4012B7BA" box="[721,807,1485,1511]" captionStart="Figs 2530" captionStartId="34.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-11@34.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="Figs 2530. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Metaleg, anterior view.25. M. hirsuta Hull, 1941, holotype, ♀ (ANSP ENT 142915 (6591)). 26. M. meromacrimima Hull, 1941, holotype, ♂ (ANSP ENT 142916 (6592)). 27. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), ♀ (RBINS, Eala, 5 Oct. 1936, J. Ghesquière). 28. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♀ (NMSA DIP 175981). 29. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 30. M. hircus sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (RMCA ENT 000037959)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914512" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914512/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
) greatly thickened, in anterior view medial part at least three times as broad as apex; ventrally dense black pilose in distal half (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029A5EACF747BDB456" box="[1074,1160,1520,1547]" captionStart="Figs 3136" captionStartId="35.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-13@35.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="Figs 3136. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. 3134. Metaleg, anterior view. 31. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, holotype, ♀ (MCSNG). 32. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (RMCA ENT 000044357). 33. M. wyatti sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (ANHRTUK 00282323). 34. M. stipulata sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (NMSA DIP 211776). 3536. Metafemur, ventral view. 35. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (RMCA ENT 000040720). 36. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (NMSA DIP 48401)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914514" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914514/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 35</figureCitation>
). Pro- and mesotibia predominantly orange-red with few black maculae; with short pale yellow pile; metatibia curved, with apex distinctly pointed (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029FB3AF30410DB40C" box="[479,568,1591,1617]" captionStart="Figs 2530" captionStartId="34.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-11@34.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="Figs 2530. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Metaleg, anterior view.25. M. hirsuta Hull, 1941, holotype, ♀ (ANSP ENT 142915 (6591)). 26. M. meromacrimima Hull, 1941, holotype, ♂ (ANSP ENT 142916 (6592)). 27. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), ♀ (RBINS, Eala, 5 Oct. 1936, J. Ghesquière). 28. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♀ (NMSA DIP 175981). 29. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 30. M. hircus sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (RMCA ENT 000037959)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914512" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914512/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
); entirely dark brown to black; with short black pile especially along dorsal margin, anteriorly more dispersed pale yellow pile. Tarsal segments orange-red; with short black pile.
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(
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029F7DAFB84259B484" box="[273,364,1727,1753]" captionStart="Figs 4042" captionStartId="37.[189,242,1901,1927]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,265,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-14@37.[189,1399,265,1853]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="Figs 4042. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Right wing. 40. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♀ (RMCA ENT 000044379). 41. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 42. M. hircus sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (RMCA ENT 000037957)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914518" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914518/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
). Largely hyaline; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R 1. Vein R 4+5 sinuate, without appendix.
</paragraph>
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(
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876558A4029F53AE2442ADB563" box="[319,408,1827,1854]" captionStart="Figs 4750" captionStartId="40.[189,242,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,261,1849]" captionTargetId="figure-11@40.[190,1398,266,1849]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="Figs 4750. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Abdomen, dorsal view.47. M. hirsuta Hull, 1941, holotype, ♀ (ANSP ENT 142915 (6591)). 48. M. meromacrimima Hull, 1941, holotype, ♂ (ANSP ENT 142916 (6592)). 49. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), holotype, ♂ (MCSNG). 50. M. dasyops (Wiedemann, 1819), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211695)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914524" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914524/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="258">Fig. 50</figureCitation>
). Mainly shining black; tergum 1 orange ground colour; white pollinose; with long white pile. Tergum 2 with pair of orange maculae touching broadly along medial line; predominantly short whitish pile, along lateral margins longer, especially anteriorly; posterior margin with black pile; tergum 3 anterior margin narrowly yellow-orange and with grey pollinosity, with medial interruption; with short pale whitish except in posterior fourth where black and slightly longer; tergum 4 anterior margin with grey pollinosity; with short whitish pile in anterior half, posteriorly slightly longer black pile; posterior margin sometimes distinctly yellow-orange. Sterna black to red-brown; sterna 13 with very long, dispersed whitish pile.
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<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039E86A8964270B3F6" bold="true" box="[234,325,401,427]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Female</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="462BBC026559A4039ED1A8B347DAB049" blockId="17.[188,1400,401,533]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">As male except eyes wide dichoptic, frons subshining black; grey pollinose except dorsal third where brown. Pilosity scutum less dark brown. Femora ventrally with less long dense pilosity, only metafemur with dispersed black pile. Abdominal terga orange-red maculae and fasciae more extensive.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039ED1AB3B4263B00B" bold="true" box="[189,342,572,598]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Distribution</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026559A4039ED1AB6D4194B0B3" blockId="17.[189,1399,618,751]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039ED1AB6D4216B0D9" box="[189,291,618,644]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039F58AB6C42B1B0D8" box="[308,388,619,645]" name="Kenya" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039FF8AB6D42C2B0D9" box="[404,503,618,644]" name="Rwanda" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Rwanda</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039C64AB6D4193B0D9" box="[520,678,618,644]" name="South Africa" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">South Africa</collectingCountry>
. Also reported from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039DC5AB6D4727B0D9" box="[937,1042,618,644]" name="Tanzania" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039A4BAB6D4602B0D8" author="De Meyer M. &amp; Van den Berghe E. &amp; Whittington A. E." box="[1063,1335,618,645]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref20605" refString="De Meyer M., Van den Berghe E. &amp; Whittington A. E. 1995. Specimen database Syrphidae (Diptera) of East Africa. Centre for Biodiversity Research Reports, Biodiversity Database 1: 1 - 11." type="journal article" year="1995">
De Meyer
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039ADCAB6C47DAB0D9" box="[1200,1263,618,644]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">et al.</emphasis>
1995
</bibRefCitation>
) and
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039ED1AB8A420FB0FA" box="[189,314,653,679]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039F26AB8942C6B0FA" author="Curran C. H." box="[330,499,653,680]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref20492" refString="Curran C. H. 1939 b. Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae IV (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1026: 1 - 10. Available from http: // hdl. handle. net / 2246 / 2218 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1939">Curran 1939b</bibRefCitation>
). Records from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039CC3AB8A40B0B0FA" box="[687,901,653,679]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039DF9AB8A4728B0F5" author="Bezzi M." box="[917,1053,653,680]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="400 - 443" refId="ref20075" refString="Bezzi M. 1912. Ditteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea durante il suo viaggio nell'Africa occidentale. Parte la: Syrphidae. Annali dei Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova, Serie 3 a 45: 400 - 443. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 10812452 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1912">Bezzi 1912</bibRefCitation>
) and
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039A33AB8A4799B0FA" box="[1119,1196,653,679]" name="Ghana" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039AD7AB8A4676B0F5" author="Bezzi M." box="[1211,1347,653,680]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" refId="ref20140" refString="Bezzi M. 1915. The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian region based on Material in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural history), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. British Museum (Natural History), London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10351" type="book" year="1915">Bezzi 1915</bibRefCitation>
) are based on misidentifications (see Comments below). A record from the
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039A68ABB64643B096" box="[1028,1398,689,715]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Democratic Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
(in
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039E89ABD3424FB0B3" author="Curran C. H." box="[229,378,724,750]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="33 - 89" refId="ref20333" refString="Curran C. H. 1927. Diptera of the American Museum Congo Expedition. Part 1. - Bibionidae, Bombyliidae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae and Trypaneidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 57: 33 - 89. Available from http: // hdl. handle. net / 2246 / 1640 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1927">Curran 1927</bibRefCitation>
) could not be confirmed.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0E8EEF896559A4039ED1AA124749B443" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" type="discussion">
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<heading id="1D630B6E6559A4039ED1AA124271B172" bold="true" box="[189,324,789,815]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" reason="3">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039ED1AA124271B172" bold="true" box="[189,324,789,815]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026559A4039ED1AA434749B443" blockId="17.[187,1400,836,1566]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039ED1AA43427AB103" author="Bezzi M." box="[189,335,836,862]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="400 - 443" refId="ref20075" refString="Bezzi M. 1912. Ditteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea durante il suo viaggio nell'Africa occidentale. Parte la: Syrphidae. Annali dei Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova, Serie 3 a 45: 400 - 443. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 10812452 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1912">Bezzi (1912</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039F37AA4342A2B102" author="Bezzi M." box="[347,407,836,863]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" refId="ref20140" refString="Bezzi M. 1915. The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian region based on Material in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural history), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. British Museum (Natural History), London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10351" type="book" year="1915">1915</bibRefCitation>
) followed Wiedemann in placing
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<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039D44AA4340B2B103" box="[808,903,836,862]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039DB5AA434709B103" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[985,1084,836,862]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039DB5AA434709B103" box="[985,1084,836,862]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Eristalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. He based this on material identified by him from Bioko Island (as
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039CC5AA604061B1DC" box="[681,852,871,897]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Fernando Poo</collectingCountry>
),
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039D07AA604770B1DC" box="[875,1093,871,897]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039A3BAA6047D6B1DC" author="Bezzi M." box="[1111,1251,871,897]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="400 - 443" refId="ref20075" refString="Bezzi M. 1912. Ditteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea durante il suo viaggio nell'Africa occidentale. Parte la: Syrphidae. Annali dei Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova, Serie 3 a 45: 400 - 443. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 10812452 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1912">Bezzi 1912</bibRefCitation>
;
<specimenCount id="5092778B6559A4039A9EAA6F4642B1DC" box="[1266,1399,871,898]" count="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" type="female">one female</specimenCount>
from Bahia de S. Carlos,
<date id="322A9AC26559A4039F8CAA8C416CB1F9" box="[480,601,906,933]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" value="1902-03">Mar. 1902</date>
, in MCSNG) and from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039D05AA8D4083B1F9" box="[873,950,906,932]" name="Ghana" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039DAFAA8D4779B1F8" author="Bezzi M." box="[963,1100,906,933]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" refId="ref20140" refString="Bezzi M. 1915. The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian region based on Material in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural history), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. British Museum (Natural History), London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10351" type="book" year="1915">Bezzi 1915</bibRefCitation>
;
<specimenCount id="5092778B6559A4039A3BAA8C47E2B1F9" box="[1111,1239,906,933]" count="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" type="female">one female</specimenCount>
from Obuasi,
<collectingRegion id="845072E06559A4039ED0AAAA422FB19A" box="[188,282,941,967]" country="Ghana" name="Ashanti" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Ashanti</collectingRegion>
,
<date id="322A9AC26559A4039F45AAA942F7B195" box="[297,450,941,968]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" value="1907-07-31">31 Jul. 1907</date>
, W.M. Graham, in NHMUK), but both specimens were studied and belong to
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039ED1AAD642CFB1B6" authority="Curran, 1939" authorityName="Curran" authorityYear="1939" box="[189,506,977,1003]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apis">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039ED1AAD64262B1B6" box="[189,343,977,1003]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Eristalis apis</emphasis>
Curran, 1939
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039C68AAD641A9B1B1" author="Bezzi M." box="[516,668,977,1004]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" refId="ref20140" refString="Bezzi M. 1915. The Syrphidae of the Ethiopian region based on Material in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural history), with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. British Museum (Natural History), London. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10351" type="book" year="1915">Bezzi (1915)</bibRefCitation>
differentiated the genus
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039DD4AAD6472EB1B6" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" box="[952,1051,977,1003]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039DD4AAD6472EB1B6" box="[952,1051,977,1003]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Eristalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039A0EAAD6478AB1B6" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1822" box="[1122,1215,977,1003]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039A0EAAD6478AB1B6" box="[1122,1215,977,1003]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Mallota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the long and petiolate wing cell r
<quantity id="816C11E76559A4039FC8AD0042FFB653" box="[420,458,1012,1045]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
the former, and described a new species with open wing cell r 1 based on material from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926559A4039E91AD1042A7B66C" box="[253,402,1047,1073]" name="South Africa" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">South Africa</collectingCountry>
as
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039FD7AD10419CB66C" box="[443,681,1047,1073]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039FD7AD104190B66C" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1915" box="[443,677,1047,1073]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pachymera">Mallota pachymera</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039CDCAD104053B66C" author="Curran C. H." box="[688,870,1047,1073]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref20492" refString="Curran C. H. 1939 b. Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae IV (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1026: 1 - 10. Available from http: // hdl. handle. net / 2246 / 2218 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1939">Curran (1939b)</bibRefCitation>
recognized the synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039AB3AD104608B66C" authorityName="Wiedemann" authorityYear="1819" box="[1247,1341,1047,1073]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039AB3AD104608B66C" box="[1247,1341,1047,1073]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and examination by the authors of the
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material of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039D61AD3D40BAB609" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1915" box="[781,911,1082,1108]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pachymera">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039D61AD3D40BAB609" box="[781,911,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">pachymera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and comparison with images of the
<typeStatus id="992F02A06559A4039B54AD3C4643B608" box="[1336,1398,1083,1109]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">types</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039EB3AD5A420BB62A" authorityName="Wiedemann" authorityYear="1819" box="[223,318,1117,1143]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039EB3AD5A420BB62A" box="[223,318,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
confirmed this synonymy.
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039CEFAD59400CB625" author="Curran C. H." box="[643,825,1118,1144]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref20442" refString="Curran C. H. 1939 a. Records and descriptions of African Syrphidae III (Diptera). American Museum Novitates 1025: 1 - 11. Available from http: // hdl. handle. net / 2246 / 2217 [accessed 9 Sep. 2024]." type="journal article" year="1939">Curran (1939a)</bibRefCitation>
also questioned the position of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039AD6AD5A461FB62A" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1855" box="[1210,1322,1117,1143]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edentulus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039AD6AD5A461FB62A" box="[1210,1322,1117,1143]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">edentulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039ED3AD86421CB6C6" authorityName="Meigen" authorityYear="1803" box="[191,297,1153,1179]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039ED3AD86421CB6C6" box="[191,297,1153,1179]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Merodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because of the absence of a “spur” (= dens or lamina sensu
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039DBAAD8647A0B6C6" author="Vujic A. &amp; Radenkovic S. &amp; Sasic Zoric L. &amp; Likov L. &amp; Tot T. &amp; Veselic S. &amp; Djan M." box="[982,1173,1153,1179]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="88 - 135" refId="ref21871" refString="Vujic A., Radenkovic S., Sasic Zoric L., Likov L., Tot T., Veselic S. &amp; Djan M. 2021. Revision of the Merodon bombiformis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) - rare and endemic African hoverflies. European Journal of Taxonomy 755: 88 - 135. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2021.755.1401" type="journal article" year="2021">
Vujić
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039A77AD854761B6C6" box="[1051,1108,1153,1179]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
) on the metafemur. Contrary to what is stated in
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36559A4039C6FADA341ECB6E3" author="Vujic A. &amp; Radenkovic S. &amp; Sasic Zoric L. &amp; Likov L. &amp; Tot T. &amp; Veselic S. &amp; Djan M." box="[515,729,1188,1214]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" pagination="88 - 135" refId="ref21871" refString="Vujic A., Radenkovic S., Sasic Zoric L., Likov L., Tot T., Veselic S. &amp; Djan M. 2021. Revision of the Merodon bombiformis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) - rare and endemic African hoverflies. European Journal of Taxonomy 755: 88 - 135. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2021.755.1401" type="journal article" year="2021">
Vujić
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039C25ADA241B7B6E3" box="[585,642,1188,1214]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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, the
<typeStatus id="992F02A06559A4039D60ADA3400AB6E3" box="[780,831,1188,1214]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">type</typeStatus>
is not lost but present in the NHMUK collections and could be examined. Although it is in a poor condition and missing the metalegs, other characteristics correspond to those of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039FA3ADEC4160B759" authorityName="Wiedemann" authorityYear="1819" box="[463,597,1258,1285]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039FA3ADEC42D3B759" box="[463,486,1259,1284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039F9AADED4160B759" box="[502,597,1258,1284]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and are unlike any of the other species recognized in this group, or under
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039F64AC0A4258B77A" box="[264,365,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039F64AC0A425CB77A" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1822" box="[264,361,1293,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mallota</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Additionally, it does not fit the generic concept of
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039DA3AC0A4777B77A" box="[975,1090,1293,1319]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039DA3AC0A4708B77A" authorityName="Meigen" authorityYear="1803" box="[975,1085,1293,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Merodon</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
We, therefore, propose to also place
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039F54AC36412FB716" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1855" box="[312,538,1329,1355]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Merodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edentulus">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039F54AC36412FB716" box="[312,538,1329,1355]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Merodon edentulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039D59AC3640CAB716" authorityName="Wiedemann" authorityYear="1819" box="[821,1023,1329,1355]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039D59AC3640CAB716" box="[821,1023,1329,1355]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Eristalis dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Furthermore, in the collections of the NHMUK, there is a specimen labelled as the
<typeStatus id="992F02A06559A4039D55AC534059B733" box="[825,876,1364,1390]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">type</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039DF4AC5347EAB733" authority="Hull. We" authorityName="Hull. We" box="[920,1247,1364,1390]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pygmaea">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039DF4AC53475CB733" box="[920,1129,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Mallota pygmaea</emphasis>
Hull. We
</taxonomicName>
did not find any trace of a publication of this name and consider it unavailable. This specimen also corresponds to
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039EB1AC9D4209B7E9" authorityName="Wiedemann" authorityYear="1819" box="[221,316,1434,1460]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eristalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039EB1AC9D4209B7E9" box="[221,316,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">dasyops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039F27AC9D4125B7E9" baseAuthorityName="Wiedemann" baseAuthorityYear="1819" box="[331,528,1434,1460]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dasyops">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039F27AC9D4125B7E9" box="[331,528,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Mallota dasyops</emphasis>
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is morphologically most similar to
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816559A4039DD0AC9C4706B7E9" authorityName="Meyer &amp; Goergen &amp; Midgley &amp; Jordaens" authorityYear="2024" box="[956,1075,1434,1460]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="glabra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="74E060106559A4039DD0AC9C4706B7E9" box="[956,1075,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">M. glabra</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="6FD3DD6B6559A4039A57AC9C47A2B7E8" box="[1083,1175,1435,1461]" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
but apart from the morphological differences, both species show a strong interspecific differentiation in their DNA barcodes (mean interspecific p-distance of 7%; range of interspecific p-distances: 6.87.3% (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876559A4039AC9ACE647CAB7A1" box="[1189,1279,1505,1532]" captionStart="Figs 57" captionStartId="44.[189,242,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[217,1348,304,1910]" captionTargetId="figure-11@44.[198,1389,265,1913]" captionText="Figs 57. Neighbour-Joining tree for representatives of Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758) as well as Afrotropical Mallota Bezzi, 1822 and Eristalis Latreille, 1804." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13945361" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13945361/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="259">Fig. 57</figureCitation>
;
<tableCitation id="0B1689B96559A4039B60ACE6465DB7A6" box="[1292,1384,1505,1531]" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="20.[185,255,834,862]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Table 2. Mean inter- (below diagonal) and intra- (on diagonal) p-distances among DNA barcodes of six Afrotropical species of Mallota. The range of p-distances is given in parenthesis. For M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912 only a single barcode was obtained." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/12EBEC8A655CA4069ED5AA454666B1DC" pageId="17" pageNumber="259" tableUuid="12EBEC8A655CA4069ED5AA454666B1DC">Table 2</tableCitation>
). The range of intraspecific p-distances in both species is much narrower (00.3%).
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