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<figureCitation id="DEAFA087655FA4059D67AA22401EB162" box="[779,811,805,831]" captionStart="Figs 21–24" captionStartId="33.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,751,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-135@33.[189,1399,751,1804]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Figs 21–24. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. 21–22. Detail face, anterolateral view. 21. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, ♀ (NMK/ICIPE 210). 22. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (NMSA DIP 48401). 23– 24. Scutellum, dorsolateral view. 23. M. aperta (Bezzi, 1912), ♂ (RBINS, Bolingo (rives Busira), 23 Jun. 1936, J. Ghesquière). 24. M. wyatti sp. nov., paratype, ♀ (ANHRTUK 282323)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914510" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914510/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="265">21</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="DEAFA087655FA4059D5BAA224062B162" box="[823,855,805,831]" captionStart="Figs 31–36" captionStartId="35.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-13@35.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="Figs 31–36. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. 31–34. 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). 35–36. 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="23" pageNumber="265">31</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="DEAFA087655FA4059D0FAA2240B6B162" box="[867,899,805,831]" captionStart="Figs 43–44" captionStartId="38.[189,242,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,867,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-134@38.[189,1398,867,1920]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="Figs 43–44. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Right wing. 43. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, holotype, ♀ (MCSNG). 44. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211609)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914520" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914520/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="265">43</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="DEAFA087655FA4059DE3AA224099B11D" box="[911,940,805,832]" captionStart="Figs 51–54" captionStartId="41.[189,242,1905,1931]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,263,1851]" captionTargetId="figure-13@41.[189,1398,265,1851]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="Figs 51–54. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Abdomen, dorsal view. 51. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 52. M. hircus sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (RMCA ENT 000037958). 53. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, ♀ (NMK/ICIPE 210). 54. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211609)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914528/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="265">53</figureCitation>
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This species belongs to a group differentiated from other Afrotropical species of
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by the distinctly long pilose eyes and dichoptic eyes in both sexes (not confirmed for
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as the male of this species is unknown). It can be differentiated from
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and
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by the presence of a tuft of long pile on the clypeus. It is the only species in this group with the metafemur only slightly thickened (medial part at most 2.5 times as broad as apex; in others of this group three times or more). The lower part of the face is also more drawn out compared to the others.
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Body length: 12.0–13.0 mm. Wing length:
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). Eye with dense medium long whitish pile; dichoptic, ommatidia equal in size. Frons weakly protruding, in lateral view subequal to facial tubercle; ground colour black, dorsally of antennae narrowly yellow; light greyish brown pollinosity, along eye margins more greyish, dorsally of antennae without pollinosity; with long intermixed black and pale brown pile, in ventral and dorsal part predominantly brownish. Face ground colour black, sublateral band from eye margin to oral margin more yellow-brown; with whitish pollinosity, along lateral margins more densely so, facial tubercle and medial part ventral of tubercle non-pollinose; with dispersed long yellow pile along sublateral paler areas, otherwise bare; facial tubercle weakly pronounced. Clypeus with small tuft of long whitish pile (
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Species of
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). Scutum subshining black; with grey pollinosity; with long pale brown pile, sometimes darker brown pile in parts of posterior third. Scutellum yellow-brown, paler than scutum; with long pale brown pile; anteromedially with pale reddish (
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) to black pile. Pleura ground colour black; posterior anepisternum, katepisternum and anterior anepimeron with long pale brown pile, otherwise bare.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1ABCE415CB1CE" blockId="25.[188,1400,713,915]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
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. Femora largely black, basally orange-brown, metafemur more extensively orange-brown ventrally and distally; with short to long dense pale yellow pile, metafemur ventrodistally with short black pile. Metafemur (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876551A40B9F3EAA08429DB174" box="[338,424,783,809]" captionStart="Figs 31–36" captionStartId="35.[189,242,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetId="figure-13@35.[202,1386,265,1819]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="Figs 31–36. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. 31–34. 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). 35–36. 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="25" pageNumber="267">Fig. 31</figureCitation>
) moderately thickened, in anterior view medial part at most 2.5 times as broad as apex. Pro- and mesotibia predominantly black-brown to orange-brown; with short pale yellow pile; metatibia curved, along anterior and posterior margins with dispersed short black pile. Tarsal segments orange-brown; with short black pile.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1AABC4714B1AA" blockId="25.[189,1399,954,1022]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<smallCapsWord id="40CD2ADE6551A40B9ED1AABC43CBB18E" baselines="974,974" box="[189,254,955,981]" lowerCaseFontSize="8" mainFontSize="11" normCase="title" normString="Wing" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">WING</smallCapsWord>
(
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876551A40B9F7DAABD425EB189" box="[273,363,954,981]" captionStart="Figs 43–44" captionStartId="38.[189,242,1963,1989]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,867,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-134@38.[189,1398,867,1920]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="Figs 43–44. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Right wing. 43. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, holotype, ♀ (MCSNG). 44. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211609)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914520" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914520/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
). Largely hyaline; most areas microtrichose. Stigmal cross-vein present between distal end of vein Sc and middle of vein R
<subScript id="DA10BE476551A40B9C09AAF7415BB1A3" attach="right" box="[613,622,1008,1022]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">1</subScript>
. Vein R
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sinuate, without appendix.
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<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1AD18463EB772" blockId="25.[188,1401,1054,1328]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<smallCapsWord id="40CD2ADE6551A40B9ED1AD184219B66A" baselines="1074,1074" box="[189,300,1055,1081]" lowerCaseFontSize="8" mainFontSize="11" normCase="title" normString="Abdomen" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">ABDOMEN</smallCapsWord>
(
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876551A40B9F53AD1842ADB664" box="[319,408,1054,1081]" captionStart="Figs 51–54" captionStartId="41.[189,242,1905,1931]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,263,1851]" captionTargetId="figure-13@41.[189,1398,265,1851]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="Figs 51–54. Species of Mallota Bezzi, 1822. Abdomen, dorsal view. 51. M. glabra sp. nov., paratype, ♂ (NMSA DIP 65015). 52. M. hircus sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (RMCA ENT 000037958). 53. M. aenigma Bezzi, 1912, ♀ (NMK/ICIPE 210). 54. M. extrema (Loew, 1858), ♂ (NMSA DIP 211609)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13914528" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13914528/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Fig. 53</figureCitation>
). Mainly shining black with orange fasciae; tergum 1 pale orange, white pollinose; with long white pile. Tergum 2 with large orange fascia medially occupying about half of entire length, sometimes weakly interrupted in the middle; predominantly short whitish pile except along posterior margin where black; tergum 3 orange fascia occupying anterior third to half, sometimes reduced to pair of narrow maculae along anterior margin; posterior margin narrowly orange; with short whitish pile except in posterior fourth where black; tergum 4 black except along anterior margin and more narrowly posterior margin where orange; with short whitish pile except along posterior margin where black, other terga with short black pile. Sterna dark brown to black; with very long, dispersed whitish pile.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9E86AC50421FB72C" blockId="25.[189,313,1367,1428]" box="[234,298,1367,1393]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9E86AC50421FB72C" bold="true" box="[234,298,1367,1393]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Male</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1AC7D420CB7C9" blockId="25.[189,313,1367,1428]" box="[189,313,1402,1428]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0E8EEF896551A40B9ED1ACBC47D7B459" box="[189,1250,1467,1540]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1ACBC4263B788" blockId="25.[189,342,1467,1493]" box="[189,342,1467,1493]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<heading id="1D630B6E6551A40B9ED1ACBC4263B788" bold="true" box="[189,342,1467,1493]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" reason="3">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9ED1ACBC4263B788" bold="true" box="[189,342,1467,1493]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Distribution</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1ACED47D7B459" blockId="25.[189,1250,1514,1540]" box="[189,1250,1514,1540]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9ED1ACED42A2B459" box="[189,407,1514,1540]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9FCEACED42C7B459" box="[418,498,1514,1540]" name="Kenya" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Kenya</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9F91ACED416FB459" box="[509,602,1514,1540]" name="Malawi" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Malawi</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9C09ACED41D3B459" box="[613,742,1514,1540]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
. Probably also
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9DF5ACED4726B459" box="[921,1043,1514,1540]" name="Cameroon" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(see Comments).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0E8EEF896551A40B9ED1AF2C419AB5D0" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1AF2C4271B418" blockId="25.[189,324,1579,1605]" box="[189,324,1579,1605]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<heading id="1D630B6E6551A40B9ED1AF2C4271B418" bold="true" box="[189,324,1579,1605]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" reason="3">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9ED1AF2C4271B418" bold="true" box="[189,324,1579,1605]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462BBC026551A40B9ED1AF5D419AB5D0" blockId="25.[186,1401,1626,1934]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
Limited material (all female specimens) is available for this species. While the
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originates from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9ED1AF7A42ACB4CA" box="[189,409,1661,1687]" name="Equatorial Guinea" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Equatorial Guinea</collectingCountry>
, the other specimens we have studied are from eastern Africa. They correspond in general characters used for this group with the
<typeStatus id="992F02A06551A40B9CA3AFA64030B4E6" box="[719,773,1697,1723]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">type</typeStatus>
; the latter is distinctly larger.
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36551A40B9A23AFA74637B4E7" author="Curran C. H." box="[1103,1282,1696,1722]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" 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>
suspected that the specimen by
<bibRefCitation id="2205C1F36551A40B9FA6AFC4415CB483" author="Bezzi M." box="[458,617,1731,1758]" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" 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>
listed under
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<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9D78AFC34019B480" box="[788,812,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9D2DAFC34093B480" box="[833,934,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">aenigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9D95AFC447EDB480" box="[1017,1240,1731,1757]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">southern Rhodesia</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9A81AFC4465BB480" box="[1261,1390,1731,1757]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
) belongs to
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9F2FAFE04295B55D" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[323,416,1767,1792]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="extrema">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9F2FAFE04295B55D" box="[323,416,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">extrema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but study of this specimen has shown that it most likely belongs to
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9A8CAFE0465AB55D" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1912" box="[1248,1391,1767,1792]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aenigma">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9A8CAFE0465AB55D" box="[1248,1391,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">M. aenigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Recently, we received images of a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9C89AE0D4077B579" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1822" box="[741,834,1802,1828]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9C89AE0D4077B579" box="[741,834,1802,1828]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Mallota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected in
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9DB4AE0D4767B579" box="[984,1106,1802,1828]" name="Cameroon" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
by A. Hlavacek (
<collectingRegion id="845072E06551A40B9B70AE0D4647B579" box="[1308,1394,1802,1828]" country="Czech Republic" name="Praha" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Prague</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="3E83FC926551A40B9ED0AE2A4249B51A" box="[188,380,1837,1863]" name="Czech Republic" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Czech Republic</collectingCountry>
). From the images provided, it corresponds with specimens of
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9A0DAE2947C0B51A" box="[1121,1269,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9A0DAE2947C4B51A" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1912" box="[1121,1265,1838,1863]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aenigma">M. aenigma</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The single DNA barcode of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9FE7AE56412CB537" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1912" box="[395,537,1873,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aenigma">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9FE7AE56412CB537" box="[395,537,1873,1898]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">M. aenigma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed high interspecific p-distances to other species of
<taxonomicName id="8194C7816551A40B9AAAAE574616B537" authorityName="Bezzi" authorityYear="1822" box="[1222,1315,1872,1898]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Mallota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="267" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74E060106551A40B9AAAAE574616B537" box="[1222,1315,1872,1898]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="267">Mallota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(range p-distances = 5.2–10%) (
<figureCitation id="DEAFA0876551A40B9F88AE744109B5D3" box="[484,572,1907,1934]" 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="25" pageNumber="267">Fig. 57</figureCitation>
;
<tableCitation id="0B1689B96551A40B9C2BAE744194B5D0" box="[583,673,1907,1933]" 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="25" pageNumber="267" tableUuid="12EBEC8A655CA4069ED5AA454666B1DC">Table 2</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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