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<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBCFFB6FF71D5736607F910" bold="true" box="[151,535,1661,1687]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Sphegina (Asiosphegina) pollex</emphasis>
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AD
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Body length
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.
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Face strongly concave and weakly projected antero-ventrally; frontal prominence very weakly developed (similar to Fig. 1E). Width of vertex at anterior ocellus ca. 1/4 of the width of head [1:3.8]; depth of occipital fossa ca. 1/6 of the width of an eye in dorsal view. Width of face:width of head 1:3.8. Face and gena dark, densely pale pollinose. Frons and vertex mainly weakly pollinose, semi-shiny black; lunula shiny brown; the pile short, erect and pale, behind frontal prominence with small oval depression. Occiput dull black. Antenna dark brown, basoflagellomere baso-ventrally reddish; arista pilose.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBCFFB6FF71D4CE64E6F85E" bold="true" box="[151,246,1984,2009]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Thorax.</emphasis>
Colour black, pale pollinose; scutum with a medial and sublateral semi-shiny fascia, the pile adpressed, reddish; scutellum semicircular, densely pale pollinose, the pile similar to that on posterior part of scutum, a pair of thin, long, black setae at apical margin.
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Hyaline, stigma very pale.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FBF9D3B2604FFF52" bold="true" box="[1055,1119,188,213]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Legs.</emphasis>
Pro- and mesoleg yellow, tarsomeres 4 and 5 black. Metaleg: coxa brownish; trochanter simple, yellow; femur blackish, basal 1/3 yellow, without black setae ventrally on the yellow part; tibia without apico-ventral tooth, colour yellow, the apical 1/4 black and an obscure brownish annulus on the basal 1/2; tarsus black.
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Length ratio of tergites I, II,
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:3.4:2.3:1.9. Colour of tergites shiny black, tergite III and IV with a yellow medially interrupted fascia anteriorly; pile of tergites pale, short and adpressed, becoming longer laterally; tergite I with an oblique row of 3 long pale setae laterally; sternite IV (
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A) shiny black except yellow posterior margin, the pile pale, longer posteriorly; sternites VIVIII simple, black, the pile pale; sternite VIII with pile longer than on sternite VII.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FF71D2D2651CFE72" bold="true" box="[151,268,476,501]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Genitalia,</emphasis>
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BD. Note the nearly symmetrical surstyli and superior lobes, the thumb-like lobe baso-medially on the dorsal lobe of surstylus and the slightly modified cercus.
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Unknown.
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material.
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. ♂, N.E.
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, Kambaiti,
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,
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, R.
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(
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).
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.
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except
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(
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);
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with same data except
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.,
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(
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.,
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(
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).
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<paragraph id="8BF6FC4DFFBDFFB7FF21D1816512FD4A" blockId="61.[151,1437,151,717]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FF21D181655EFD2F" bold="true" box="[199,334,655,680]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name is Latin,
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<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FDA2D19E6698FD2F" box="[580,648,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">pollex</emphasis>
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, thumb, referring to the thumb-like lobe on the dorsal lobe of the surstylus.
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<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FF71D48F6531F811" bold="true" box="[151,289,1921,1943]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 39.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBDFFB7FEC1D48F6672F810" box="[295,610,1921,1943]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="culex" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Asiosphegina">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20E9D24FFBDFFB7FD8CD48C66B4F810" box="[618,676,1922,1943]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(holotype).
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FCC5D48F672BF811" bold="true" box="[803,827,1921,1942]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">A.</emphasis>
Sternite IV, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FBAED48C604FF810" bold="true" box="[1096,1119,1922,1943]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">B.</emphasis>
Left surstylus, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FA65D48F618CF810" bold="true" box="[1411,1436,1921,1943]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">C.</emphasis>
Left superior lobe, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBDFFB7FE3DD4AE65E3F832" bold="true" box="[475,499,1952,1973]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">D.</emphasis>
Genitalia, lateral view. Scale 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FF71D66A6530FAFE" bold="true" box="[151,288,1380,1402]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 40.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FEC0D66A6678FAFD" box="[294,616,1380,1402]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pollex" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Asiosphegina">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FEC0D66A6678FAFD" box="[294,616,1380,1402]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Sphegina (Asiosphegina) pollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FD88D66A66B7FAFE" bold="true" box="[622,679,1380,1401]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20E9D24FFBEFFB4FD88D66A66B7FAFE" box="[622,679,1380,1401]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(holotype).
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FCC2D66A672DFAFE" bold="true" box="[804,829,1380,1401]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">A.</emphasis>
Posterior part of sternite IV, ventral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FB0BD66A6114FAFE" bold="true" box="[1261,1284,1380,1401]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">B.</emphasis>
Left surstylus, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FEFFD68D6521FA1E" bold="true" box="[281,305,1411,1433]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">C.</emphasis>
Left superior lobe, lateral view.
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FD9DD68D6684FA1F" bold="true" box="[635,660,1411,1432]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">D.</emphasis>
Genitalia, lateral view. Scale 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C353AFC6FFBEFFB4FF21D6CE6074F9C3" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF6FC4DFFBEFFB4FF21D6CE6074F9C3" blockId="62.[151,1436,1472,1749]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FF21D6CE655CFA5E" bold="true" box="[199,332,1472,1497]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Discussion.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FEB2D6CE6618FA5F" box="[340,520,1472,1496]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pollex">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FEB2D6CE6618FA5F" box="[340,520,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Sphegina pollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FD7AD6CE66ECFA5F" box="[668,764,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FD7AD6CE66E8FA5F" box="[668,760,1472,1496]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="culex">S. culex</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Except for the characters mentioned in the key it differs by having the membranous incision at the posterior margin of male sternite IV small and by having a thumb-like subbasal sublobe dorso-medially on the dorsal lobe of the surstylus. In both species the superior lobe is similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FF00D522654BF9C3" box="[230,347,1580,1604]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="achaeta">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FF00D522654BF9C3" box="[230,347,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. achaeta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but the postero-dorsal lobe-like part is rounded (acute in
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FC38D5226044F9C3" box="[990,1108,1580,1604]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="achaeta">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FC38D5226044F9C3" box="[990,1108,1580,1604]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. achaeta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C353AFC6FFBEFFB4FF21D55E65A3F952" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BF6FC4DFFBEFFB4FF21D55E65A3F952" blockId="62.[151,1436,1472,1749]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FF21D55E6621F9EF" ID-CoL="8F3WW" authority="Shiraki, 1930" authorityName="Shiraki" authorityYear="1930" box="[199,561,1616,1641]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FF21D55E6580F9EF" box="[199,400,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Sphegina apicalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD881BCFFBEFFB4FE7ED55E6621F9EF" author="Shiraki" box="[408,561,1616,1641]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" refString="Shiraki, T. (1930) Die Syrphiden des japanischen Kaiserreichs, mit Berucksichtigung benachbarter Gebiete. Memoires of the Faculty of Sciences and Agriculture, 1 (1), 446 pp. [Taihoku imperial University, Formosa, Japan]" type="book" year="1930">Shiraki, 1930</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FD2ED55E673AF9EF" ID-CoL="8F3Z8" box="[712,810,1616,1640]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pollex">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FD2ED55E673AF9EF" box="[712,810,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. pollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the medially interrupted fascia on tergites III and IV and the pollinose vittae on mesonotum but
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FCE2D57A676DF90B" ID-CoL="8F3WW" box="[772,893,1652,1676]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FCE2D57A676DF90B" box="[772,893,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs by a more strongly projecting frontal prominence (
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FED4D5966589F937" ID-CoL="8F3Z8" box="[306,409,1688,1712]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pollex">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FED4D5966589F937" box="[306,409,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. pollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
weakly projecting) and predominantly dark pro- and mesotarsus (
<taxonomicName id="4C4987CEFFBEFFB4FB51D596610EF937" ID-CoL="8F3Z8" box="[1207,1310,1688,1712]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sphegina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pollex">
<emphasis id="B93D205FFFBEFFB4FB51D596610EF937" box="[1207,1310,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">S. pollex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with only tarsomeres 4 and 5 dark).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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