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Montoya
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Spiny femur long-antennae flower fly.
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(
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,
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and
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)
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940FF9FC69F36AFC42" bold="true" box="[151,328,978,1005]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Type material.</emphasis>
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female, pinned, deposited at Museo Entomológico Francisco Luis Gallego. Original label: “
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/
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/ Montoya 2023” (
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(n= 1): Body,
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; Wings,
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940FA9FBD8F360FBD2" bold="true" box="[199,322,1122,1148]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Sides of face orange golden pollinose and pilose, tubercle with two transversal grooves, with a median dash of pollen extending from antennae almost to the tubercle; frontal triangle with a brown velvet cross band golden pilose; scutum aeneous grey, punctulate, with three brownish vittae on anterior half, a median slender brown vitta extending along the thorax, in addition to a lateral wider brownish vitta, widening towards the pronotum and narrow near the pre-scutellum; metafemur swollen, with ventral spines reaching the anterior 1/2; terga 3
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to 5
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with basal transversal fascia.
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940FA9FA80F003FAFB" bold="true" box="[199,545,1338,1365]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Description. FEMALE. Head</emphasis>
(
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): Face black, sides of face orange golden pollinose and pilose; tubercle low with at least two transversal grooves, with a median dash of pollen extending from antennae almost to the tubercle. Gena black, covered with yellow pollen and pile. Ocellar triangle opaque, with a brown velvet cross band golden pilose. Occiput golden pollinose and pilose. Antennae, yellow, short, ratio 1.0:1.2:2.6; basoflagellomere brown dorsal, longer, a little longer than scape and pedicel together; arista yellow at base and dark on apical third, slightly pilose.
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(
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): Aeneous grey, punctulate, yellow pilose and pollinose; with three brownish vittae on anterior half, a median slender brown vitta extending along the thorax, in addition to a lateral wider brownish vitta, widening towards the pronotum and narrow near the pre-scutellum. Pleura shining aeneous, grey pollinose, pile whitish and sparse. Scutellum punctulate, shining greenish-brassy to aeneous.
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940BBFF9E0F730F9DA" bold="true" box="[1233,1298,1626,1652]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Wing</emphasis>
(
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): Slightly yellowish, stigma orange-brownish, microtrichose, except cell c bare on basal 4/5, cells bm and r bare on basal 4/5, respectively, cell cua bare on anterior 1/2, basicosta orange, orange pilose, except for some black pile; calypter brown, border and fringe yellow; plumula yellow; halter yellow, capitulum yellow.
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940BFAF97DF6EEF94F" bold="true" box="[1172,1228,1735,1761]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Legs</emphasis>
(
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,
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): yellow, except the metafemur brown, only slightly yellow apically, metafemur swollen, with ventral spines reaching the anterior 1/2; basal three segments of pro-, meso- and metatarsi yellow, the apical ones black; pile yellow, coxae brown.
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940F81F888F346F8E2" bold="true" box="[239,356,1842,1868]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Abdomen</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13529FC5AC3CFF940E1BF889F025F8E3" box="[373,519,1843,1869]" captionStart="FIGURE 76" captionStartId="124.[151,250,1690,1714]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,181,1666]" captionTargetId="figure-27@124.[151,1437,181,1666]" captionTargetPageId="124" captionText="FIGURE 76. Argentinomyia spinifemorata sp. nov., female Holotype (MEFLG 27270): A. Head, frontal view; B. Dorsal view; C. Lateral view; D. Vista posterodorsal. Scale bars: 5 mm. E. Posterior leg, detail of ventral spines (Black arrows indicating ventral spines). Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7610186" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7610186/files/figure.png" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">Figs 76B, D</figureCitation>
): Abdomen narrowed toward the base, 2
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tergum with a pair of lateral rounded maculae, covering the entire lateral margin but attenuated posteriorly; 3
<superScript id="7C1C2E08AC3CFF940CACF8ECF1F2F8CA" attach="left" box="[962,976,1878,1892]" fontSize="6" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">rd</superScript>
to 5
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terga with basal transversal fascia, reaching apical 1/4, 1/4 and 1/3 respectively, pile yellow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3CFF940FA9F824F3BDF817" blockId="123.[151,1437,978,1977]" box="[199,415,1950,1977]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3CFF940FA9F824F300F816" bold="true" box="[199,290,1950,1976]" pageId="123" pageNumber="124">MALE.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3BFF930FF9F920F3CDF957" blockId="124.[151,1436,1690,1786]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930FF9F920F33DF91C" bold="true" box="[151,287,1690,1714]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">FIGURE 76.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930E4BF920F06FF91C" box="[293,589,1690,1714]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Argentinomyia spinifemorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930D3DF920F081F91C" bold="true" box="[595,675,1690,1714]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22EE229AC3BFF930D3DF920F081F91C" box="[595,675,1690,1714]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, female Holotype (MEFLG 27270):
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930B78F920F60DF91C" bold="true" box="[1046,1071,1690,1714]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">A.</emphasis>
Head, frontal view;
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930B90F920F737F91C" bold="true" box="[1278,1301,1690,1714]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930FF9F904F292F978" bold="true" box="[151,176,1726,1750]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">C.</emphasis>
Lateral view;
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930E26F904F342F978" bold="true" box="[328,352,1726,1750]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">D.</emphasis>
Vista posterodorsal. Scale bars: 5 mm.
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930D92F904F136F978" bold="true" box="[764,788,1726,1750]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">E.</emphasis>
Posterior leg, detail of ventral spines (Black arrows indicating ventral spines). Scale bars: 2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C373D0CBAC3BFF930FA9F892F751F824" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3BFF930FA9F892F751F824" blockId="124.[151,1436,1832,2039]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930FA9F892F36CF8EC" bold="true" box="[199,334,1832,1858]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Etymology.</emphasis>
The epithet “
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3BFF930E8AF892F0A2F8EC" authorityName="Montoya &amp; Wolff" authorityYear="2023" box="[484,640,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Argentinomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinifemorata">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930E8AF892F0A2F8EC" box="[484,640,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">spinifemorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” is an adjective derived from the Latin “
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930B2AF893F6A5F8EC" box="[1092,1159,1833,1858]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">spinei</emphasis>
”, spine, thorn, backbone (Brown 1956: 738) and the Latin “
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930D43F8F6F04CF8C8" box="[557,622,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">femur</emphasis>
”, thigh: femur, femoral (Brown 1956: 468) and the Latin suffix -
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930A09F8F7F7B4F8C8" box="[1383,1430,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">atus</emphasis>
, provided with, having the nature of, pertaining to. It refers to the metafemur with ventral spines of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C373D0CBAC3BFF920FA9F82EF601FB6B" lastPageId="125" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3BFF920FA9F82EF3C6FECB" blockId="124.[151,1436,1832,2039]" lastBlockId="125.[151,1437,151,1221]" lastPageId="125" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930FA9F82EF319F800" bold="true" box="[199,315,1940,1966]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930E28F82EF0B0F800" box="[326,658,1940,1966]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Argentinomyia spinifemorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930DF3F82EF0D9F800" bold="true" box="[669,763,1940,1966]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22EE229AC3BFF930DF3F82EF0D9F800" box="[669,763,1940,1966]" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is unique within
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3BFF930CA3F82EF658F800" baseAuthorityName="Mengual" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[973,1146,1940,1966]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="124" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Melanostomini">Melanostomini</taxonomicName>
, characterized by having the metafemur swollen, with ventral spines reaching the anterior 1/2 (
<figureCitation id="13529FC5AC3BFF930CA8F802F606F87C" box="[966,1060,1976,2002]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1868,1892]" captionTargetBox="[187,1400,181,1844]" captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[187,1400,181,1844]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 6. Differences in antennae morphology, dorsal view: A. Argentinomyia luculenta (♀); B. Argentinomyia testaceipes (♀); C. Argentinomyia catabomba (♀); DG. Talahua fervida (♁): D. Head, frontal view, E. Metacoxa pile tuft, ventral view, F. Scutellum emarginated, dorsal view, G. Genitalia, lateral view; H. Argentinomyia CR-18 (♁); I. Argentinomyia sagoti sp. nov. (♀); J. Metasternum of Melanostoma sp.; K. Scutellar pile of Argentinomyia rex; L. Antennal cavities broadly confluent of Xanthandrus sp. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7610009" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7610009/files/figure.png" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Figs 6E</figureCitation>
,
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). Within
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, the metafemur of
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3BFF930E59F866F0A1F858" authority="Schiner, 1868" authorityName="Schiner" authorityYear="1868" box="[311,643,2012,2038]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Salpingogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3BFF930E59F866F3C3F858" box="[311,481,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="124" pageNumber="125">Salpingogaster</emphasis>
Schiner, 1868
</taxonomicName>
(tribe
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3BFF930DA1F866F113F858" baseAuthorityName="Vockeroth" baseAuthorityYear="1969" box="[719,817,2012,2038]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="124" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Syrphini">Syrphini</taxonomicName>
) has a distinct row of ventral spinose bristles on apical 1/2, but the metafemur is not swollen. The presence of enlarged metafemur and ventral spines is common in groups of
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920FD7FF01F316FF7B" box="[185,308,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Eristalinae">Eristalinae</taxonomicName>
, including several variations. In
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920DDAFF01F15BFF7B" authority="Philippi" authorityName="Philippi" authorityYear="1865" box="[692,889,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Sterphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920DDAFF01F134FF7B" box="[692,790,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Sterphus</emphasis>
Philippi
</taxonomicName>
(Milesiini, Xylotina) the metafemur has a line of strong ventral spiny setae, meanwhile, in
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920DFBFF65F146FF57" authority="Meigen" authorityName="Meigen" authorityYear="1803" box="[661,868,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Spilomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920DFBFF65F127FF57" box="[661,773,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Spilomyia</emphasis>
Meigen
</taxonomicName>
(Milesiini, Milesiina) the metafemur has a single small ventroapical spine (calcar, apicoventral extension). For its part, in
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920C8CFEB9F6D5FEB3" authority="Loew, 1864" authorityName="Loew" authorityYear="1864" box="[994,1271,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Lepidomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920C8CFEB9F644FEB3" box="[994,1126,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Lepidomyia</emphasis>
Loew, 1864
</taxonomicName>
(Brachyopini, Brachyopina) the metafemur has strong ventral (small) spiny setae in the pro-, meso- and metafemur (Thompson 1999;
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Thompson
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920E32FEF1F3B7FECB" box="[348,405,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">et al.</emphasis>
2010
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3AFF920FA9FED5F621FC2F" blockId="125.[151,1437,151,1221]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">
A marked sexual dimorphism in the shape of metafemur has also been recorded in
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920BE2FED5F7BEFE27" authority="Macquart" authorityName="Macquart" authorityYear="1834" box="[1164,1436,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Brachypalpus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920BE2FED5F70AFE27" box="[1164,1320,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Brachypalpus</emphasis>
Macquart
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920FA8FE29F3E1FE03" authority="Curran" authorityName="Curran" authorityYear="1925" box="[198,451,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Chalcosyrphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920FA8FE29F34CFE03" box="[198,366,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Chalcosyrphus</emphasis>
Curran
</taxonomicName>
(
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), where the female metafemur is less swollen, ventrally with rows of reduced spines, more developed in males than in females (Jeonga
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920B2CFE0DF65CFE7F" box="[1090,1150,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">et al.</emphasis>
2017). These dimorphic features play a key role in mating, through which the male can hold the female during mating and/or elicit tactile responses which are critical to the cascade of cues and counter cue that lead to successful mating (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF8FEB1AC3AFF920A7AFE45F30BFD93" author="Rotheray, G. E. &amp; Gilbert, F. S." pageId="125" pageNumber="126" refId="ref119520" refString="Rotheray, G. E. &amp; Gilbert, F. S. (2011) The natural history of Hoverflies. Forrest Text, Ceredigion, Wales, 348 pp." type="book" year="2011">Rotheray &amp; Gilbert 2011</bibRefCitation>
). In this context, a sexual dimorphism could be expected for
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920CBCFD99F6AFFD93" authority="Montoya &amp; Wolff, 2023" authorityName="Montoya &amp; Wolff" authorityYear="2023" box="[978,1165,547,573]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Argentinomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinifemorata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920CBCFD99F6AFFD93" box="[978,1165,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. spinifemorata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920BFDFD99F6CFFD93" bold="true" box="[1171,1261,547,573]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22EE229AC3AFF920BFDFD99F6CFFD93" box="[1171,1261,547,573]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, in such a case, the male conspecific may have a very swollen metafemur and strong ventral spines, compared to those evidenced in the female. However, we are aware that this appreciation will remain speculative until the male is discovered and described, considering also the fact that the
<typeStatus id="54D23DE2AC3AFF920DD4FD35F0C8FD07" box="[698,746,655,681]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">type</typeStatus>
specimen was collected 76 years ago and despite exhaustive sampling efforts being carried out near the
<typeStatus id="54D23DE2AC3AFF920D1AFD09F086FD63" box="[628,676,691,717]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">type</typeStatus>
locality, non-additional specimens have been found, which could be probably due to the rarity of this species (for a complete discussion of rarity see
<bibRefCitation id="EFF8FEB1AC3AFF920B63FD6DF6CDFD5F" author="Montoya, A. L. &amp; Parada-Marin, H. M. &amp; Ramos-Pastrana, Y." box="[1037,1263,727,753]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126" pagination="401 - 415" refId="ref118720" refString="Montoya, A. L., Parada-Marin, H. M. &amp; Ramos-Pastrana, Y. (2022) Description of a new flower fly species of the Copestylum vagum group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from pristine Amazonian rainforests of Colombia and Suriname. Zootaxa, 5091 (3), 401 - 415. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5091.3.1" type="journal article" year="2022">
Montoya
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920B16FD6DF68DFD5F" box="[1144,1199,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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) or its potential local extinction due to the increase in deforestation in the Andean region of
<collectingCountry id="F37EC3D0AC3AFF920CB7FD41F665FCBB" box="[985,1095,763,789]" name="Colombia" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Colombia</collectingCountry>
in the last years. However, our remarkable discovery opens new questions about how these characteristic posterior leg modifications originated and evolved within
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920E2DFCF9F395FCF3" box="[323,439,835,861]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Saxifragaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Saxifragales" pageId="125" pageNumber="12" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Syrphinae">Syrphinae</taxonomicName>
, particularly in
<taxonomicName id="4C69F8C3AC3AFF920D0AFCF9F133FCF3" baseAuthorityName="Mengual" baseAuthorityYear="2020" box="[612,785,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="125" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Melanostomini">Melanostomini</taxonomicName>
. In this sense, more intensive sampling efforts and targeted fieldwork are needed to unravel the many issues surrounding this rare species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD68340AC3AFF920FA9FC30F014FBF7" blockId="125.[151,1437,151,1221]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920FA9FC30F3B8FC0B" bold="true" box="[199,410,906,933]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Taxonomic notes.</emphasis>
Although
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920D78FC31F0F6FC0B" box="[534,724,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. spinifemorata</emphasis>
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is described from a single female (
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,
<figureCitation id="13529FC5AC3AFF920A2BFC31F746FC0B" box="[1349,1380,907,933]" captionStart="FIGURE 76" captionStartId="124.[151,250,1690,1714]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,181,1666]" captionTargetId="figure-27@124.[151,1437,181,1666]" captionTargetPageId="124" captionText="FIGURE 76. Argentinomyia spinifemorata sp. nov., female Holotype (MEFLG 27270): A. Head, frontal view; B. Dorsal view; C. Lateral view; D. Vista posterodorsal. Scale bars: 5 mm. E. Posterior leg, detail of ventral spines (Black arrows indicating ventral spines). Scale bars: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7610186" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7610186/files/figure.png" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">76</figureCitation>
), we evidenced that the species differs significantly from the
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920C4AFC15F1BEFC67" box="[804,924,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. berthae</emphasis>
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(
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Fig. 18D
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F
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),
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920B20FC15F6F0FC67" box="[1102,1234,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. fastigata</emphasis>
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(
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Fig. 30D
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F
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),
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920AEAFC15F2C2FC43" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. festiva</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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Fig. 32D
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F
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) and
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920EDAFC69F029FC43" box="[436,523,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">A. lanei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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Fig. 40D
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F
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) by the unique metafemur swollen, with ventral spines reaching the anterior 1/2. The apparently restricted distribution raises the need for further expeditions to neighboring areas of the
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locality in order to increase the knowledge about the species distribution and population dynamics as well as find male specimens to be described.
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920FA9FBD8F3E3FBD3" bold="true" box="[199,449,1122,1149]" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Geographical range.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D5F52AC3AFF920EA3FBD9F139FBD3" box="[461,795,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="125" pageNumber="126">Argentinomyia spinifemorata</emphasis>
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(
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n= 1) is known only from the
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species is endemic to the
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domain at middle altitudes (
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) in the
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