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symmetrica
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Mengual
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<paragraph blockId="32.[140,957,448,545]" box="[140,903,518,545]" pageId="32" pageNumber="71">Figs 31, 49; MorphBank [http://www.morphbank.net/?id=478083]</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation author="Vockeroth JR" box="[140,383,589,616]" pageId="32" pageNumber="71" pagination="1 - 176" refId="ref19397" refString="Vockeroth JR (1969) A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 62: 1 - 176." type="journal article" year="1969">Vockeroth 1969: 135</bibRefCitation>
, in part as
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.
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.
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. Face straight, narrow becoming broader ventrally, with distinct round tubercle, yellow, yellow pilose; gena yellow, yellow pilose; lunula yellow; frons completely black on dorsal 1/3 (length between anterior ocellus and lunula), yellow on ventral 2/3, yellow pilose on yellow areas and dark pilose on black areas; dichoptic; vertex and vertical triangle black, black pilose; ocelli brownish; antenna yellow, basoflagellomere orange, brown dorsally, oval; arista brown; occiput mainly black, yellow ventrally, yellow pilose an silvery pollinose ventrally, black pilose and golden pollinose dorsally.
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<emphasis box="[185,259,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="71">Thorax</emphasis>
. Scutum mainly black, shiny medially, black pollinose anterior and laterally, yellow laterally with lateral broad yellow stripe from postpronotum to scutellum, slightly narrower after transverse suture with ventral black area, golden brown pilose except lateral yellow stripe with yellow hairs; postpronotum yellow; notopleuron yellow without posterolateral protuberance; scutellum subtriangular, more round than in other species, yellow with dorsomedial small subtriangular black area, golden brown pilose; pleura yellow pilose; propleuron, anepisternum and anepimeron entirely yellow; katepisternum black with dorsal yellow macula; meron black; katepimeron yellow; katatergum mainly yellow, black posteriorly; calypter dark brown; halter yellow.
<emphasis box="[724,782,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="71">Wing</emphasis>
. Wing bare basomedially.
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<emphasis box="[185,230,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="71">Legs</emphasis>
. Pro- and mesoleg entirely yellow, except distal part of mesofemur and basal part of mesotibia slightly darker, yellow pilose except tarsi with short black setulae ventrolaterally; both metalegs are broken on basal part of the femur, but metacoxa, metatrochanter and basal section of metafemur yellow, yellow pilose.
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<emphasis box="[185,287,1363,1389]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="71">Abdomen</emphasis>
. Fig. 31. Dorsum mainly black, black pilose except 1st, 2nd and 3rd terga yellow pilose laterally; 1st tergum black with anterior and lateral yellow margin, medially reaching anterior margin of 2nd tergum dividing black area in 2 triangular maculae; 2nd tergum black dorsally with dorsomedial elongated yellow macula, narrowly yellow laterally on basal 3/4 continuing the yellow margin of 1st tergum; 3rd tergum black with basomedial very narrow black fascia and with basal yellow fascia, about 1/4 of tergum length, becoming broader medially and produced posteriorly in a medial triangular emargination reaching half length of tergum, yellow on anterior 2/3 of lateral margin; 4th tergum black with basomedial narrow black fascia and with basal yellow fascia slightly broader, about 1/3 of tergum length, produced posteriorly in a medial triangular emargination reaching half length of tergum, yellow on anterior 1/2 of lateral margin; 5th tergum black with basal narrow black fascia and with anterobasal yellow fascia narrowing medially, yellow on anterior 1/2 of lateral margin; sterna yellow, yellow pilose; male genitalia as figured (
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,248,1178,1200]" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">Figure 50.</emphasis>
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Eosphaerophoria
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, male genitalia
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left lateral view
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right superior lobe, lateral view
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right superior lobe, dorsal view
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left superior lobe, dorsal view
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tergite 9, cerci and surstyli, dorsal view.
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<emphasis box="[185,272,1469,1495]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="72" reason="1">Female</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<typeStatus box="[185,243,1504,1530]" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">Type</typeStatus>
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locality.
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:
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, Dà Lat.
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.
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<emphasis box="[185,246,1539,1565]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="72" reason="1">Type</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
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:
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<collectingCountry box="[392,538,1540,1566]" name="Vietnam" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">VIET NAM</collectingCountry>
//
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//
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<emphasis box="[781,852,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">11.IX.</emphasis>
1960
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” “
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// Collector // BISHOP MUSEUM” “
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//
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<emphasis box="[766,944,1575,1601]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">Eosphaerophoria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
//
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<emphasis box="[987,1108,1575,1600]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="72">symmetrica</emphasis>
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// det.
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20
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” [red, second and third lines handwritten]
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[1♁,
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(1): body,
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; wing,
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,344,201,227]" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">
<emphasis box="[185,339,201,227]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
:
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.
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<paragraph blockId="34.[140,1108,166,968]" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">
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<emphasis box="[185,315,237,263]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" reason="1">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The specific epithet is derived from Greek
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meaning corresponding part for part, proportional, symmetrical (
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), and it refers to the symmetrical superior lobes of the male genitalia. Species epithet to be treated as adjective.
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<emphasis box="[185,324,377,403]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" reason="1">Differential</emphasis>
diagnosis.
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Species with notopleuron not produced posteroalterally and a yellow macula on 2nd abdominal tergum. Similar to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Claussen &amp; Weipert" authorityYear="2003" box="[841,971,414,439]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctata">
<emphasis box="[841,971,414,439]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. punctata</emphasis>
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, but differs in having the frons yellow on ventral 4/5 and 1st abdominal tergum yellow with 2 posterior subtriangular black maculae.
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<emphasis box="[185,291,519,545]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" reason="1">Remarks</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
This species is very similar to
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<emphasis box="[648,775,519,544]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. punctata</emphasis>
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. Both species share a unique morphological character with
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<emphasis box="[488,587,554,580]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. bifida</emphasis>
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: a medial yellow macula on 2nd abdominal tergum.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[235,538,589,615]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetrica">
<emphasis box="[235,538,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">Eosphaerophoria symmetrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be the male of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Claussen &amp; Weipert" authorityYear="2003" box="[784,909,590,615]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctata">
<emphasis box="[784,909,590,615]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. punctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because they also have in common the absence of the posterolateral obtuse protuberance of notopleuron, but they differ in the abdominal pattern of the 1st tergum and the frons. Nonetheless, due to the low number of records/specimens of this genus and the morphological differences, we consider
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[290,445,731,756]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetrica">
<emphasis box="[290,445,731,756]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. symmetrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a species different from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Claussen &amp; Weipert" authorityYear="2003" box="[781,912,731,756]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctata">
<emphasis box="[781,912,731,756]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. punctata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetrica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">Eosphaerophoria symmetrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[320,487,766,791]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis box="[320,487,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are described from the same locality, but they present several differences that make them easy to distinguish:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[737,886,801,826]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetrica">
<emphasis box="[737,886,801,826]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. symmetrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a yellow macula on 1st abdominal tergum, and a yellow fascia on 5th tergum (Fig. 31).
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamesis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">Eosphaerophoria vietnamesis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has 2nd tergum black with yellow lateral margin and two yellow maculae on 5th tergum (Fig. 42). Moreover, the superior lobes of the male genitalia in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[944,1107,907,932]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis box="[944,1107,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. vietnamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are asymmetrical (
<figureCitation box="[341,424,941,968]" captionStart="Figure 50" captionStartId="33.[140,211,1178,1200]" captionTargetBox="[345,919,182,1145]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[316,930,162,1160]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="Figure 50. Eosphaerophoria vietnamensis, male genitalia a left lateral view b right superior lobe, lateral view c right superior lobe, dorsal view d left superior lobe, dorsal view e tergite 9, cerci and surstyli, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767606" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767606/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">Fig. 50</figureCitation>
), unlike
<taxonomicName authorityName="Mengual &amp; Ghorpadé" authorityYear="2010" box="[521,671,942,967]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Eosphaerophoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="34" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetrica">
<emphasis box="[521,671,942,967]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">E. symmetrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which has them symmetrical (
<figureCitation box="[1012,1095,941,967]" captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="31.[140,212,1113,1135]" captionTargetBox="[330,902,175,1075]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[310,934,162,1096]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="Figure 49. Eosphaerophoria symmetrica, male genitalia a left lateral view b right superior lobe, dorsal view c tergite 9, cerci and surstyli, dorsal view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3767604" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3767604/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="73">Fig. 49</figureCitation>
).
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